Back Sistema llingüísticu global AST Sistema lingüístico global Spanish Liste hiérarchique des langues French वैश्विक भाषा प्रणाली Hindi Sistem lingual global LFN 全球语言体系 Chinese
The global language system is the "ingenious pattern of connections between language groups".[1] Dutch sociologist Abram de Swaan developed this theory in 2001 in his book Words of the World: The Global Language System and according to him, "the multilingual connections between language groups do not occur haphazardly, but, on the contrary, they constitute a surprisingly strong and efficient network that ties together – directly or indirectly – the six billion inhabitants of the earth."[1] The global language system draws upon the world system theory to account for the relationships between the world's languages and divides them into a hierarchy consisting of four levels, namely the peripheral, central, supercentral and hypercentral languages.
- ^ a b de Swaan, Abram (2001). Words of the world: The Global Language System (1 ed.). Malden, Mass.: Polity Press. ISBN 9780745627472.