This paper is a descriptive case study of the status and functions of English in contemporary Lebanon. It consults archival research (primary and secondary sources), firsthand observations, and governmental artifacts for data collection purposes. I use such data to portray the spread of English in various domains of use and build an evidence‐based argument about the relationship between policy making/implementation and its effects on local users for practicing agency in promoting the status of English. The paper includes a sociohistorical overview of the Lebanese context and discusses findings in relation to the uses of English, the role of educational institutions in enforcing language policies, and users’ interactions with language policy and planning. The sociolinguistic profiling of English in Lebanon facilitates a unique analysis of a multifaceted argument in favor of linguistic pragmatism over linguistic colonialism for institutionalizing the uses and functions of English in an Arabic speaking country.

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英语在当代黎巴嫩的地位和作用

本文是对英语在当代黎巴嫩的地位和功能的描述性案例研究。它咨询档案研究（主要和次要来源），第一手观察和用于数据收集目的的政府人工制品。我使用这些数据来描绘英语在各个使用领域中的传播，并就政策制定/实施及其对本地用户的影响之间的关系建立基于证据的论据，以帮助代理机构提高英语地位。该文件包括对黎巴嫩语境的社会历史概述，并讨论了与英语使用，教育机构在执行语言政策中的作用以及用户与语言政策和计划的互动有关的发现。