TY - JOUR AU - Milevska, Vesna PY - 2018/12/10 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE THE USE OF THE LANGUAGE AS MEANS OF COMMUNICATION JF - KNOWLEDGE - International Journal JA - kij VL - 28 IS - 7 SE - Articles DO - 10.35120/kij28072209V UR - https://ikm.mk/ojs/index.php/kij/article/view/2836 SP - 2209 - 2212 AB - <p>English language has obtained the status of the prime world language due to its multiple functions in international communication: it is the lingua franca for politics, diplomacy, international academic and business conferences, the leading language for science and technology, mass media, computers and entertainment. English language as the main medium worldwide is important both in global and local sense. The expansion of communities of users of English has indicated pragmatic, conceptual and discourse variation that has created new communicative needs. Before continuing to refer to other matters connected to English language as one of the main global and most widely used languages, the primary step is to look at its history, its origins and development.</p> ER -