This paper investigates the historical transformation, contemporary status, and future trajectory of the English language as the primary global lingua franca. Unlike structural linguistic phenomena, the expansion of English is analyzed through the prism of political, economic, and technological hegemony, spanning from the colonial expansion of the British Empire to the modern socio-economic influence of the United States. The research incorporates a mixed-methods empirical study analyzing survey data from 87 multi-national participants to assess individual motivations for English acquisition and perceived sociocultural shifts. The results indicate that while English offers unparalleled structural benefits for scientific and global integration, it simultaneously presents substantial sociolinguistic challenges, including educational disparity and the marginalization of indigenous idioms.
Zahra Yeskeldi (Tue,) studied this question.