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Identifying patterns of text organization



Identify description, step-by-step explanation, directions, comparison and contrast, analysis, analogy, and definition in the following paragraphs:

1. The fact that English is used for a wide range of purposes, nationally and internationally, may mislead one into believing that lingua franca English is disconnected from the many ‘special purposes’ it serves in key societal domains. English might be more accurately described as a lingua economica..., a lingua emotiva..., a lingua academica..., or a lingua cultura..., a lingua bellica..., a lingua americana....

2. One of the most visible causal factors is cultural globalisation in the media, which utilise the original language in the north of Europe: 70-80% of all TV fiction shown on European TV is American.... By contrast in the USA the market share of films of foreign origin is 1%.

3. What therefore needs further analysis is whether English is a cuckoo in the European higher education nest of languages, a lingua cucula. Cuckoos substitute their own eggs for those in place, and induce other species to take on the feeding and learning processes. Higher education authorities in the Nordic countries are increasingly addressing the question of cohabitation between the local language and English..





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