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Some governments try to control the way a national language is used. For example, they may restrict the introduction of foreign words, or the use of dialects, or they may demand that a certain language be used in schools. What are the benefits and disadvantages of these policies? Do you think they can ever be effective?

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There has been recently a number of initiatives related to
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national
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 preservation in several countries. The goal of these projects is to set constraints on possible use cases of the
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, either protecting it from external influence or forcing its use all over the country. These initiatives are ambiguous as they both help preserve the
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 and freeze its development at the same time, and I personally do not believe that it could be possible to affect culture by introducing strict laws. On the one hand, the
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 attempts to promote the national
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 often aim at preserving national identity.
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, there is a risk of
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possible extinction of the entire civilization due to
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uncontrolled assimilation.
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, the colonization of America has led to gradual deterioration of indigenous culture.
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, officials use whatever measures are available in order to reduce
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ossibility.
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, fighting the influence of foreign languages is much like fighting the windmills, as the linguistic cross-pollination is an inevitable natural process. Languages could not evolve in an isolated environment, much like the civilization in general.
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, small, separated tribes still found all around the globe have limited vocabulary compared to the cultures leaving nearby.
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, the conservation of the
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 on the state level might lead to
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cultural stagnation. To conclude, the policies restricting the way the national
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 is used
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im at preserving the culture of a given country, but it is impossible to stop the natural process of intercultural influence. I
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 do not believe that these policies can show any significant effect on the
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, yet they are essential in terms of highlighting self-identity problems of modern society.
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