ENGLISH LANGUAGE - A POWERFUL MEDIUM OF (CULTURAL) IMPERIALISM

Numerous discussions and critics of globalization emphasize the role of English language as one of its major agents. Most attention is being paid to geopolitics, the interrelatedness of the use of English language and the spread of liberal capitalism, and to the influence of English onto national languages. There is a question if the uncontrolled, imposed use of English in most spheres of life is of ideological nature, and to what extent this English endangers national languages. The ensuing issue is how English influences the change of national but also personal identities. This paper tackles upon some of the relevant aspects of this complex phenomenon.