The commodification of language conceptual concerns and empirical manifestations / edited by John E. Petrovic and Bedrettin Yazan.
| Other author | Petrovic, John E. |
| Other author | Yazan, Bedrettin. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Language, society and political economy |
| Contents | Confronting language fetishism in practice / William Simpson & John P. O'Regan -- Language as instrument, resource, and maybe capital, but not commodity : a Marxian clarification / John E. Petrovic & Bedrettin Yazan -- Language, contextand economic value : an interactionist approach / Kenneth McGill -- Misconceptions of economics and political economy in sociolinguistic research / Fran©ʹois Grin -- Between voice and voices : negotiating value among interpreters in Toronto / Julie H. Tay & Sebastian Muth -- "A breathtaking English" : negotiating what counts as distinctive linguistic capital at an elite international school near Barcelona / Andrea SunyolGarcia-Moreno -- Language as an economic and political resource in the making of a Himalayan tourism village / Bal Krishna Sharma -- When linguistic capital isn't enough : personality development and English speakerhood as capital in India / Katy Highet & Alfonso Del Percio -- Ideologies of multilingualism as an investment and as a marketable commodity among Greek expat families in Luxembourg / Nikos Gogonas -- Names as linguistic capital / Peter K. W. Tan -- Ideologies of French and commodification : what does meaning-making imply for multilinguals in transnational times? / Sylvie Roy & Julie Byrd Clarke -- Coda : issues arising around conceptual and empirical work on the commodification of language / David Block. |
| Abstract | "This volume seeks to add to our understanding of how language is constructed in late capitalist societies. Exploring the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of the "commodification of language" and its relationship to the notion of linguistic capital, the authors examine recent research that offers implications for language policy and planning. Bringing together an international group of scholars, this collection includes chapters that address whether or not language can rightly be referred to as a commodity and, if so, under what circumstances. Understanding the different theoretical foundations of some phenomenon of the "capitalization" of language -- whether as commodity or capital -- has practical implications for policy writ large. The implications of the "capitalization" of language in more empirical terms are explored, both in terms of how it affects language as well as language policy at more micro levels. This includes more specific policy arenas such as language in education policy or family language policies as well as the implications for individual identity construction and linguistic communities. With a conclusion written by leading scholar David Block, this is key reading for researchers and advanced students of critical sociolinguistics, language and economy, language and politics, language policy and linguistic anthropology within linguistics, applied linguistics and language teacher education"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020048384 |
| ISBN | 9780367464080 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780367464073 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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