Other countries also consider English a corrupting influence on their respective languages. For example, according to an online article from the Italian BBC News, parliament has concerns about the growing number of English words infiltrating the language Even in The of China, where natives Italian (“Italians”). People’s Republic speak the Mandarin dialect of Chinese, there is concern about corruption of their language by English: Chinese newspapers, books and websites will no longer be allowed to use English words and phrases, the has announced, country’s publishing body saying the of the Chinese language is in peril. The General “purity” [. . .] said the increasing use of Administration of Press and Publication English words and abbreviations in Chinese texts had caused confusion and was a means of the “abusing language.” Such practices “severely damaged the standard and purity of the Chinese language and disrupted the harmonious and healthy language and cultural environment, causing negative social impacts [. . .].” (Breitbart) John M. Lipski, Professor of Linguistics at Pennsylvania State University, comments on the degradation of languages spoken in the United States by immigrants: and Amish German are regarded as quaint and “Pennsylvania Dutch” endearing, despite the objective fact that the dialects in question are regarded as highly non-standard within German-speaking countries. The same is substantially true of Cajun French, which has become a symbol of pride for Louisiana, despite stemming from a non-canonical provincial dialect and bearing the clear imprint of contact with English. [. . .]
Other countries also consider English a corrupting influence on their respective languages. For example, according to an online article from BBC News, the Italian parliament has concerns about the growing number of English words infiltrating the Italian language (“Italians”). Even in The People’s Republic of China, where natives speak the Mandarin dialect of Chinese, there is concern about corruption of their language by English: Chinese newspapers, books and websites will no longer be allowed to use English words and phrases, the country’s publishing body has announced, saying the “purity” of the Chinese language is in peril. The General Administration of Press and Publication [. . .] said the increasing use of English words and abbreviations in Chinese texts had caused confusion and was a means of “abusing the language.” Such practices “severely damaged the standard and purity of the Chinese language and disrupted the harmonious and healthy language and cultural environment, causing negative social impacts [. . .].” (Breitbart) John M. Lipski, Professor of Linguistics at Pennsylvania State University, comments on the degradation of languages spoken in the United States by immigrants: “Pennsylvania Dutch” and Amish German are regarded as quaint and endearing, despite the objective fact that the dialects in question are regarded as highly non-standard within German-speaking countries. The same is substantially true of Cajun French, which has become a symbol of pride for Louisiana, despite stemming from a non-canonical provincial dialect and bearing the clear imprint of contact with English. [. . .]