... councils or organisations have a go at manipulating language development but 1 am convinced that such attempts are, in the end, futile. Language seems to grow and develop in an autonomous way, pulled about by an array forces. There are deliberate uses through marketing and advertising but the eventual consequences are rarely considered or predicted. Language development is a bit like chaos theory in this respect: a satellite dish...an advert...a TV programme...a pop singer in a range of countries and suddenly new films of language occur - no one has consciously set out to create them, they just happen. Like many late 20th century debates, this essay title has no glib or black and white answer. I agree with David Graddol's conclusion, that it really depends on your point of view. The English language is simultaneously, " making the world a more homogenous place and it is making English more diverse ...

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