Linguistic colonialism of British rule

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The topic to be chosen for the proposal of the essay is on colonialism of the British
Empire that is one of the most important factors for the development of the English language all
over the world. The impact of this colonization of the British was the way for spreading the
growth of English language all over the world. Along with the English language, the concepts of
capitalism, declining of the moral values and creating a major influence on the world.
Thesis statement: The British colonialism played a grand part in the spread of Christianity
and English language over the world and helping them to establish their dominance on other
countries.
Lester, Alan. "Spatial concepts and the historical geographies of British colonialism." Writing
imperial histories. Manchester University Press, 2016.
The article has discussed on the issues of the British colonial history and the way it led to
imperialism. The imperial history of Britain has indeed created an influence on the language and
religion all over the world. The comparative methods have been used in the article that
undermines the social issues that were created due to this colonial influence.

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Julios, Christina. Contemporary British identity: English language, migrants and public
discourse. Routledge, 2017.
The above mentioned book by Christina Julios published in 2017 discusses on the
influences of English language due to the British colonialism. The British identity had big
influences on the society since migration into different countries resulted in the conversion into
Christianity and transforming English language as their first language in schools.
The essay will look to find out different perspectives on this issue and the influences it
created on various countries due to this colonialism. The effect of British identity was the main
reason for this massive situation among common people of different nationalities.
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The purpose of the following essay is to discuss on the influence of colonialism in
various countries and the spreading of the English language all over the world. It has been
claimed that the British were the first section in the world to speak the English language. The
native speakers of Britain always spoke the language (Loomba: 23). The influence of the English
language is seen when it was delacred as the only official global language. Around five to seven
million people spoke in English language when it first came to practice. In the recent times, more
than 1.8 billion use it. Therefore, the overall dominance of the English language is seen since
they have developed their dominant approach on all the sections of the society. The British
forces were regarded as the superpowers until the 19th century (Jenkins: 88). Therefore, the
spread of the English language and Western culture spread across various continents of the
world.

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The perspectives of the moral issues, capitalism and democratic factors should be
considered as the basic factor for consideration to understand the influence of British colonialism
on the common people of different countries (Motha: 10). The imperialism of the Western
countries had paved the way for the English language. After the thorough use of the imperialism
in the colonized countries, the British people were finally successful in bringing up English
language to be the universal tool that would help people to communicate with each other.
The use of English as the colonial language brought all the societies together. The British
colonizers and currently the American imperialists are regarded as the main powers to execute
the foreign influence on the smaller countries (Loomba: 23). This imperialism of the Western
imperialist countries had been changing their ways of operations to create this global cultural
pandemic across the countries (Macedo, Dendrinos and Gounari: 15). The British forces went on
to establish many schools in their colonies and forced the English language to be the first
language for all the students.
This is definitely one of the major reasons as to why the students of colonized countries
had to learn the English language instead of increasing their depths in their native languages. The
influence has still remained outwardly impactful since those colonized countries use the English
language in the present times also. United States won the Spanish- American war and this
established the stepping stone for English to become the official language of countries like
Puerto Rico and Cuba. In the current times,
English is considered as the third most spoken language in the world. It is also the highest
used second language in the world also. Therefore, once cannot deny the fact that English
language is bearing the fruits of colonialism by British powers over the centuries. Nowadays,