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1、43Santalka.Filosofija.2007,T.15,Nr.1.ISSN1822-430Xprint/1822-4318onlineLANGUAGEPOLICYANDLANGUAGEOFCULTURALPLURALISMBasiaNikiforovaInstituteofCulture,PhilosophyandArt,Saltoniškiųg.58,LT-08105Vilnius,LithuaniaE-mail:basia@artq.comTheaimofthisarticleistochallengetheproblemoftheformationofnationalidentit
2、ythroughtheprismofculturalpluralismandlanguagepolicy.Ontheexampleoftheprincipleofliberalneutralityasapartofthehybridtheoryoflanguagepolicy,(whichmeanstherightofanationalminoritytodevelopanduseitsnationallanguagewithinreasonablelimitswhichwillbeunderstandableforthem),itisshownhowtorealizeculturalplur
3、alismpolicy.Twobasicmodelshavebeenestablishedforlanguagepolicy:acommonpubliclanguagemodel(whichviewslanguagepolicyasaprimarytoolfornationaleducationandviewsthatacommonlanguageistobesharedbyallcitizens)andlanguagemaintenancemodel(publicinstitu-tionsrecognizetherightofseparategroupstobeabletousetheiro
4、wnminoritylanguagesasatoolforastate-leveldialogue).LanguagepolicydilemmasfacingtheEuropeanUnion(EU)andthemostimportantdocumentsoftheEUonproblemsoftherightsofnationalminoritiesanditslanguagepolicyareanalysedinthearticle.Keywords:culturalpluralism,nationalidentity,language,languagepolicy,nationalminor
5、ities,assimilation.ThechallengeforidentityAllmodernnationsaremorepluralisticincul-HelenFedor,aseniorresearchanalystatthetural,religiousandpoliticalattitudethantradi-LibraryofCongress’FederalResearchDivisiontionalcommunitieswhichkeeptheirintegritybywrotein1995thattothosewhohaveneverun-meansofafundame
6、ntalisticethniccultureanddergoneforcedculturalassimilation,theissuereligion.Culturalandreligiouspluralismwhichmightseemtrivial.WhatdifferencedoesitmakedevelopedintheWesternworld,particularlywhatlanguageisspokenorwhatitiscalled?ToamongAnglo-Saxons,demandstoleranceandthosewhohavehadtheiruseoflanguagere
7、-pluralismasthefoundationofacommunity.stricted,however,themattergoesbeyondmereToleranceisthenaturalproductofpluralismanddefiance.Languageisthemediumofcultureontheconditionofitsfurtherdevelopment.Thewhi