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Dec 12, 2016
Writing Feedback / English spoken throughout the world essay [2]
As the English language becomes more widespread, some speakers of other languages fear that English loanwords are gradually replacing perfectly adequate native words.
To what extent do you believe that people should seek to protect the 'purity' of their language from the influence of English?
There is no doubt that English is becoming increasingly important as a language of international communication in the fields of science, trade, entertainment, and international relations. Not surprisingly, English words have appeared in many other languages throughout the world. Consequently, this has prompted some people to seek to defend their languages from this type of change. In this essay I would like to argue this problem.
It is considered by many that the increasing amount of native words replaced by English words will finally lead to the death of the less influential languages. It is obvious that it is unlikely to happen, although it depends on particular occasions. As an example, the dissolution of a language could be caused by demolition of a country of spoken language as a consequence of a global war. Anyways, what is likely to happen is a merge of languages ensued by blending English and native words. In this case, the vocabulary of native language should be protected. However, there are some difficulties, as the English is still considered as a lingua franca for the most of the fields.
Looking at from a broad historical perspective particular languages become more or less powerful despite any measures taken to protect them. Most humans accept that impact of dominant languages is simply unconstrained.
In my view, all the protection efforts are likely to prove futile. Sooner or later humans it should be conceded that languages change, as all the words of a majority of languages blend or replace each other. Nowadays, English is one of the most spoken languages throughout the world. Obviously, it affects on the other languages in different cases.
As the English language becomes more widespread, some speakers of other languages fear that English loanwords are gradually replacing perfectly adequate native words.
To what extent do you believe that people should seek to protect the 'purity' of their language from the influence of English?
There is no doubt that English is becoming increasingly important as a language of international communication in the fields of science, trade, entertainment, and international relations. Not surprisingly, English words have appeared in many other languages throughout the world. Consequently, this has prompted some people to seek to defend their languages from this type of change. In this essay I would like to argue this problem.
It is considered by many that the increasing amount of native words replaced by English words will finally lead to the death of the less influential languages. It is obvious that it is unlikely to happen, although it depends on particular occasions. As an example, the dissolution of a language could be caused by demolition of a country of spoken language as a consequence of a global war. Anyways, what is likely to happen is a merge of languages ensued by blending English and native words. In this case, the vocabulary of native language should be protected. However, there are some difficulties, as the English is still considered as a lingua franca for the most of the fields.
Looking at from a broad historical perspective particular languages become more or less powerful despite any measures taken to protect them. Most humans accept that impact of dominant languages is simply unconstrained.
In my view, all the protection efforts are likely to prove futile. Sooner or later humans it should be conceded that languages change, as all the words of a majority of languages blend or replace each other. Nowadays, English is one of the most spoken languages throughout the world. Obviously, it affects on the other languages in different cases.
