Is globalization a threat or a good chance for a national language?

ENGlobalization expresses itself through various communication links between countries and people. It encompasses almost all states in the world and affects their languages and cultures. Lithuania and the Lithuanian language is not an exception. Because of intensive globalization process the Lithuanian language has recently undergone great changes in its lexis corpus. A lot of new words as loan words have been adopted, which endanger the purity and authenticity of the Lithuanian language. However, the majority of linguists agree that it is impossible to build the barriers which would stop the foreign influence on the national language. In their opinion, the national language has to be open to new challenges, but its development has to be regulated following the rules of the language functioning. They recommend a reasonable choice of the methods with the understanding that today we have a global world and that globalization and identity go hand in hand.