“What language does global business speak?” – The concept and development of BELF

This paper focuses on the development of the concept of BELF, which originally stood for “Business English as Lingua Franca”, but later we have used the abbreviation to refer to “English as Business Lingua Franca”. With this change we want to emphasize the domain of use rather than the type of Engli...

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Main Authors: Anne Kankaanranta, Leena Louhiala-Salminen
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos 2013-10-01
Series:Ibérica
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Online Access:http://www.aelfe.org/documents/01_26_Kankaanranta.pdf