Can language be centrally planned and controlled? Friedrich Hayek considered language the archetypal example of spontaneous order, yet many countries adopt a planned-order approach to language, attempting to centrally plan and control it through language academies. I collect original data on the regulation of language across countries and show that countries that adopt a planned-order approach to language also do so in their law and similarly rely on a planned-order approach in their economy. Countries that adopt a spontaneous-order approach to language also do so in their law and similarly rely on a spontaneous-order approach in their economy. This is consistent with the idea that these approaches are driven by an underlying cultural attitude toward the two types of order.

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语言规范

是否可以集中计划和控制语言？弗里德里希·哈耶克（Friedrich Hayek）认为语言是自然秩序的典范，但许多国家/地区采用计划有序的语言方法，试图通过语言学院集中计划和控制语言。我收集了有关各国语言法规的原始数据，并表明采用计划顺序语言方法的国家在其法律中也这样做，并且在经济中同样依赖计划顺序方法。对语言采取自发秩序方法的国家在其法律中也这样做，并且在经济中同样依赖自发秩序方法。这与以下观点一致：这些方法是由对两种秩序的潜在文化态度所驱动的。