A World Language in American Business and Communication: How English has Influenced Business Communication on a Global Scale

• In Event: Understanding Intercultural Communication in a Global World

Abstract

“Communication” has never been defined in any global sense of the term but it is inherently related to language usage. The lingua franca of the world is English, a globalized communication construct supported both by fundamental ideas within American education and current intercultural business communication practices. The objective of this paper is to examine the implications of this linguistic shift and better understand what a “global language” can bring to the international table.

Author

• Aubrey Krekeler, University of Kentucky