Table of contents

1. Prologue and antecedents
    
2. Authors
    
3. Results of the linguistic study
• 3.1 Synthesis of the results
• 3.2 Comments on the absolute value of the English presence
• 3.3 Relation between the number of Latin people and their influence on the Web
• 3.4 Relation between the number of Latin people and their influence on the Usenet
  
  
4. Details of the results
• 4.1 Internet methodology
• 4.2 Linguistic methodology
• 4.2.1 Graphic equivalences and distinctions
• 4.2.2 Words and variations
• 4.2.3 Treatment of the relevant typological differences
• 4.2.4 Treatment of the remaining homographies
• 4.2.5 Treatment of the other non-equivalent significations
• 4.2.6 Other linguistic elements taken into consideration during the study
  
• 4.3 Statistical methodology
• 4.3.1 Results of the measurements in the WWW with the HotBot search engine
• 4.3.2 Statistical calculations in the WWW
• 4.3.3 Results of the measurements in the Usenet with the DejaNews search engine
• 4.3.4 Statistical calculations in the Usenet area
  
• 4.4 Comparison with other studies
• 4.4.1 Comparison with the previous studies
• 4.4.2 Comparison with Alis and AltaVista
  
  
5. Prospects for an following studies
    
6. References of the related works - on the Internet

Appendices
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• Appendix 1 : Summary and bibliographical references of the authors’ other studies
• Appendix 2 : Visualization of the reliable intervals for the Web
• Appendix 3 : Number of locutors in the studied languages
• Appendix4 : Visualization of the reliable intervals for the Usenet
• Appendix 5 : List of the reference terms of the sample
• Appendix 6 : Words selection criteria
• Appendix 7 : Results of the measurements in the WWW
• Appendix 8 : Statistical calculations in the WWW
• Appendix 9 : Results of the measurements in the Usenet
• Appendix 10 : Statistical calculations in the Usenet

Tables
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