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The word “thus”, underlined in the first paragraph of the...
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GLOBALIZATION, GEOPOLITICS AND ELF
Major technological advances in the 21st century have enabled instant global communication, thus breaking the barriers of space and time between different locations on the planet. The world has turned into an interconnected global system, which requires a shared means of communication. English fulfills the need for a global lingua franca, as it has spread to large areas of the world due to various factors such as:
- Spread of the Latin script;
- Colonisation, mainly by the British Empire, thereby making English into the language with the most countries recognizing it as an official language;
- The widespread teaching of English as a second or foreign language;
- Spread of Christianity via Christian missions and Christianization;
- American manufacturing and exporting might;
- The development of the American research university, which enabled the United States to lead the world in the academic development of science, engineering, arts, and humanities;
- Consumption and influence of core Anglosphere entertainment industries, including film, music and literature;
- American military and political hegemony over Western Europe due to the American and British victory in World War II, followed by the spread of English to many parts of Eastern Europe and former Eastern Bloc countries after the Revolutions of 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, with the subsequent enlargement of the European Union encouraging said spread of English; and
- The invention of the Internet, its first widespread use in the United States, and English being the most used language on the Internet. Because of the use of English as a lingua franca in international trade and intercultural communication, native speakers of English are outnumbered by non-native speakers. A consequence of this is a sense of ownership of the language which is shared by different communities. For instance, international communication via ELF has facilitated exchange between China and the rest of the world, thus sustaining international trade. But once a language is appropriated by new communities, it is then adapted to ....I.... specific needs. Consequently, the English language is undergoing change, and this change is being brought about mostly by its non-native speakers.
Taken and adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_as_a_lingua_franca
The word “thus”, underlined in the first paragraph of the second text, could be replaced with no harm to the meaning of sentence by all the alternatives below, except for one. Mark it.
A
So.
B
In consequence.
C
Therefore.
D
Nevertheless.
E
In this way.