English as a Trans-National Language

Abstract

This chapter begins with a summary of the findings from each of the three analysis chapters, showing how each chapter’s findings builds on the last. In the end, what emerges is a cohesive picture of the language alternation in these two communities. Next, the chapter returns to the three strands of research that form the theoretical foundation of this book—language ideologies and language policy, language use in social media, and multilingual language use in interaction—and abstracts from the findings the general contributions that this book makes to each of them, as well as to the study of language and globalization overall. Finally, the chapter takes a closer look at the implications of these findings for language policy and language planning.