Language as a political category

The viewpoint of political science

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6085002
AutoresAnton Pelinka (autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume6
Fascículo1
Páginas129-143
Data de publicação2007-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Language and Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1569-2159 • E-ISSN: 1569-9862
EditoraJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/jlp.6.1.09pel
OpenAlexW2081234150
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas25
Referências citadas11

The article is based on an understanding that everything in society — including language — is political, at least potentially. For that reason, language must be seen (and analyzed) as a political phenomenon. Language is one of the decisive ‘nation building’ factors among others — sometimes cross-cutting other potentially defining factors. In its identity-building capacity, language is inclusive and exclusive at the very same time. Language has to be seen as one of the most important social (and: therefore political) cleavages. As more and more societies are confronted with ‘multiculturalism’ expressed in a multi-linguistic reality, politics have to come to terms with diversity in different ways

Aesthetics · Diversity (politics · Epistemology · Identity (music · Linguistics · Multiculturalism · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Cultural Differences and Values · Gender Studies in Language · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law · Linguistic research and analysis · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy