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Neoliberalism, linguistic commodification, and ethnolinguistic identity in multilingual Nepal

Language in society, 2017-04, Vol.46 (2), p.231-256 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 ;Copyright © 2017 Cambridge University Press ;ISSN: 0047-4045 ;EISSN: 1469-8013 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0047404517000045 ;CODEN: LGSCBO

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Title:
Neoliberalism, linguistic commodification, and ethnolinguistic identity in multilingual Nepal
Author: Sharma, Bal Krishna ; Phyak, Prem
Subjects: Capital ; Chinese ; Commodification ; Cultural capital ; Cultural identity ; Cultural instruction ; Cultural values ; English ; Ethnolinguistics ; Ethnology ; German ; Globalization ; Identity politics ; Ideology ; Indigenous languages ; Indigenous peoples ; Japanese language ; Language attitudes ; Language culture relationship ; Language usage ; Language use ; Linguistics ; Multilingualism ; Neoliberalism ; Nepal ; Politics ; Sociolinguistics ; Teaching ; Tourism
Is Part Of: Language in society, 2017-04, Vol.46 (2), p.231-256
Description: This article examines the consequences of neoliberalism in two separate domains of multilingual language use in the context of Nepal: language education and tourism. We show that institutions and individuals have appropriated and reproduced this ideology with their creative tactics, agency, and practices that both help them promote and commodify their ethnolinguistic identity and language skills while also allowing them to acquire multilingual repertoires in global languages such as English, German, Chinese, Japanese, and the indigenous local language Newari. We show that English as a global language does not always accord more cultural capital and economic value, nor is the teaching and learning of local indigenous languages always confined to the ideologies of identity politics and language preservation. We argue that while the ideologies of English as a global language and of indigenous languages as tools for ethnolinguistic identity do not disappear from the scene, new forces of globalization and neoliberalism bestow new meanings to multilingual repertoires and practices. (Neoliberalism, multilingualism, commodification, ethnolinguistic identity, Nepal)*
Publisher: New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0047-4045
EISSN: 1469-8013
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404517000045
CODEN: LGSCBO
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
ProQuest Central

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Neoliberalism, linguistic commodification, and ethnolinguistic identity in multilingual Nepal

Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 ;Copyright © 2017 Cambridge University Press ;ISSN: 0047-4045 ;EISSN: 1469-8013 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0047404517000045 ;CODEN: LGSCBO

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