Sebastian Muth
Biographic Data
| ID | 3780867 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sebastian Muth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sebastian |
| FAMILY NAME | Muth |
| SIGNATURE | MUTH S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Neoliberalism: Language and Ideology
This entry illustrates how neoliberalism, as an ideology and model for social‐ and economic development, has fundamentally changed the ways we understand language and culture. I begin with a historical outline of neoliberalism as an economic doctrine that foregrounds free markets as cornerstones of economic growth, development, and innovation before discussing work in applied linguistics and the social sciences that describes the consequences of …
Russian as a commodity: Medical tourism and the healthcare industry in post-Soviet Lithuania
The focus of this paper is on Lithuania, where government policies continue to limit the use of Russian in education, the public space and the media, while the local economy has recognized proficiency in Russian as a commodity. This is particularly salient in the healthcare industry that grew significantly in the past years with patients from post-Soviet countries seeking treatment at local hospitals and private clinics. Marketed for their ‘Europ…
The commodification of Russian around the world
This special issue is dedicated to the commodification of Russian – the language whose global sociolinguistic behavior had been increasingly attracting scholarly attention (Isurin 2011; Laitin 1998
War, language removal and self-identification in the linguistic landscapes of Nagorno-Karabakh
The disintegration of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) resulted in demographic shifts and drew new boundaries in a once borderless region. The South Caucasus, an area that has been characterized by its linguistic diversity witnessed one of the most destructive interethnic wars in the former USSR. Fought between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, it resulted in the removal of the Azerbaijani populat…
Informal signs as expressions of multilingualism in Chisinau: How individuals shape the public space of a post-Soviet capital
Informal and transient displays of written language such as graffiti, announcements and notes attached to walls and lampposts form an integral part of an urban linguistic landscape. Especially within multilingual contexts, individuals constantly shape the public space by the languages they use and make language choices that do not always reflect official language policies, commonly held perceptions or the demographic makeup within a certain area.…
Linguistic landscapes on the other side of the border: Signs, language and the construction of cultural identity in Transnistria
In 1992, Transnistria emerged as a de facto independent political entity, not recognized internationally. Russian emerged as a strong marker of a distinct cultural and political identity and as a powerful tool of separation from Moldova. Officially, Transnistria is trilingual in Russian, Ukrainian and Romanian (Moldovan) written in Cyrillic script, yet Russian is the language of choice for most inhabitants. This article presents a linguistic land…
War, language removal and self-identification in the linguistic landscapes of Nagorno-Karabakh
The disintegration of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) resulted in demographic shifts and drew new boundaries in a once borderless region. The South Caucasus, an area that has been characterized by its linguistic diversity witnessed one of the most destructive interethnic wars in the former USSR. Fought between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, it resulted in the removal of the Azerbaijani populat…
Informal signs as expressions of multilingualism in Chisinau: How individuals shape the public space of a post-Soviet capital
Informal and transient displays of written language such as graffiti, announcements and notes attached to walls and lampposts form an integral part of an urban linguistic landscape. Especially within multilingual contexts, individuals constantly shape the public space by the languages they use and make language choices that do not always reflect official language policies, commonly held perceptions or the demographic makeup within a certain area.…
Linguistic landscapes on the other side of the border: Signs, language and the construction of cultural identity in Transnistria
In 1992, Transnistria emerged as a de facto independent political entity, not recognized internationally. Russian emerged as a strong marker of a distinct cultural and political identity and as a powerful tool of separation from Moldova. Officially, Transnistria is trilingual in Russian, Ukrainian and Romanian (Moldovan) written in Cyrillic script, yet Russian is the language of choice for most inhabitants. This article presents a linguistic land…
War, language removal and self-identification in the linguistic landscapes of Nagorno-Karabakh
The disintegration of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) resulted in demographic shifts and drew new boundaries in a once borderless region. The South Caucasus, an area that has been characterized by its linguistic diversity witnessed one of the most destructive interethnic wars in the former USSR. Fought between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, it resulted in the removal of the Azerbaijani populat…
Informal signs as expressions of multilingualism in Chisinau: How individuals shape the public space of a post-Soviet capital
Informal and transient displays of written language such as graffiti, announcements and notes attached to walls and lampposts form an integral part of an urban linguistic landscape. Especially within multilingual contexts, individuals constantly shape the public space by the languages they use and make language choices that do not always reflect official language policies, commonly held perceptions or the demographic makeup within a certain area.…
Linguistic landscapes on the other side of the border: Signs, language and the construction of cultural identity in Transnistria
In 1992, Transnistria emerged as a de facto independent political entity, not recognized internationally. Russian emerged as a strong marker of a distinct cultural and political identity and as a powerful tool of separation from Moldova. Officially, Transnistria is trilingual in Russian, Ukrainian and Romanian (Moldovan) written in Cyrillic script, yet Russian is the language of choice for most inhabitants. This article presents a linguistic land…
Russian as a commodity: Medical tourism and the healthcare industry in post-Soviet Lithuania
The focus of this paper is on Lithuania, where government policies continue to limit the use of Russian in education, the public space and the media, while the local economy has recognized proficiency in Russian as a commodity. This is particularly salient in the healthcare industry that grew significantly in the past years with patients from post-Soviet countries seeking treatment at local hospitals and private clinics. Marketed for their ‘Europ…
The commodification of Russian around the world
This special issue is dedicated to the commodification of Russian – the language whose global sociolinguistic behavior had been increasingly attracting scholarly attention (Isurin 2011; Laitin 1998
Neoliberalism: Language and Ideology
This entry illustrates how neoliberalism, as an ideology and model for social‐ and economic development, has fundamentally changed the ways we understand language and culture. I begin with a historical outline of neoliberalism as an economic doctrine that foregrounds free markets as cornerstones of economic growth, development, and innovation before discussing work in applied linguistics and the social sciences that describes the consequences of …
Political science (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Commodification (2 works)