The phrase "language competition" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when talking about the competition between different languages or the competition for dominance between languages. Example: In today's globalized world, the rise of English as the lingua franca has led to intense language competition, with many other languages fighting for recognition and importance.
As a high school student, Ms. Merkel traveled from East Germany to Moscow to take part in a Russian language competition; Ms. Lagarde attended a prominent girl's school in suburban Washington, complete with an internship on Capitol Hill.
Will Academy voters be tempted to vote for "Amour" for best picture or best director and figure that some other film should as a result be given recognition in the less-heralded foreign language competition.
I finished the semester with an 8.5 average and won third place in a Chinese language competition.
We are here interested in the problem of language competition, i.e., the dynamics of language use among a population of interacting agents speaking different languages.
Models studying language dynamics range from social impact theory applied to language competition [1] to genetic approaches for the evolution of universal grammar [2].
The prestige of a language has been considered as one of the main factors affecting language competition since Labov's Sociolinguistic Patterns [22].
As young British Poles, we regularly visited it to take part in language competitions and dance festivals, have Polish meals and watch Polish concerts.
Such skills included experience from working as a tutor in French or doing well in a French-language competition.
(Ms. Holland's other Oscar nomination was for the 1985 film "Angry Harvest," which Germany had submitted for the foreign-language competition).
In addition to Germany's nod for "The Edge of Heaven," Turkey chose "Takva" for the Oscar foreign-language competition, a double for Mr. Akin.
At a time when the traditional broadcast networks are hemorrhaging viewers, Joe Uva's Univision has been posting gains and winning nights against the channel's English-language competition.
