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Identification and causes of lexical variation in Chinese Business English

Lexical variation can be found when English is used as an international working language by businesspeople from China and Hong Kong

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2015

María Luisa Carrió-Pastor  and
Rut Muñiz-Calderón
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English is a global language used by millions of people in very different contexts, such as academia, science, technology, business, mass media, entertainment, etc. The number of non-native speakers of English outnumbers native speakers, as a high number of multinational companies use English as a lingua franca. Electronic communication has also led to an increase in the use of English as an international language. People from different social backgrounds communicate using this lingua franca, and the language may be evolving faster than before.

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English Today , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , March 2015 , pp. 10 - 15
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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