New Dimensions of Linguistic Inequality

An Overview

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4887771
AutoresJ E Bonnin (0000-0003-3459-0259, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume7
Fascículo9
Páginas500-509
Data de publicação2013-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLanguage and Linguistics Compass (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1749-818X • E-ISSN: 1749-818X
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/lnc3.12041
OpenAlexW1905541334
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas42

Relationships between language and inequality are a constitutive part of contemporary sociolinguistic theory which, despite certain specialized discussions and controversies, has developed a well-established set of theoretical assumptions. Our aim in this paper is to introduce an overview of these as well as to point out some emerging new perspectives on the issue of linguistic inequality.After a short introduction to critical sociolinguistics, I will analyze the shift from 'diversity discourse', which can be traced back to the mid-1980s in the USA, towards a new global focus on inequality, which emerged around the end of the 1990s. In the second place, we will describe some theoretical aspects of the concept of 'linguistic inequality' following current sociolinguistic bibliography on the matter, with special interest in globalization processes and the relationships of individuals with the state. In the third place, we review recent literature on new dimensions of linguistic inequality, with a special focus on (a) relationships between local and global language varieties; (b) multilingual practices and civil rights; and (c) multilingualism in educational settings.In the final section of this paper, we encourage the continuity of the research on new dimensions of linguistic inequality as a way of empowering linguistic minorities whose access to basic civil rights is impeded by asymmetrical language relationships

Comprehension approach · Globalization · Inequality · Linguistic demography · Linguistics · Multilingualism · Natural language · Political science · Sociolinguistics · Sociology · Sociology of language · Theoretical linguistics · Law · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Second Language Learning and Teaching