From commodification to weaponization: the Russian language as ‘pride’ and ‘profit’ in Russia's transnational discourses

• Autores: Lara Ryazanova-Clarke
• Localización: International journal of bilingual education and bilingualism, ISSN 1367-0050, Vol. 20, Nº. 4, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Commodification of Russia), págs. 443-456
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article expands the debate about the interaction and conflict of linguistic commodification with other values attached to a language. It interrogates Russian dominant discourse produced between 2010 and 2015, focusing on how it attributes the values of ‘pride’ and ‘profit’ to the Russian language in three transnational contexts: the narrative of ‘compatriots’ outside Russia, the formation of the Eurasian Economic Union and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. It argues that the discursive construction of Russian as a means for material advancement is constantly intertwined with manufacturing the transnational semantics of belonging to Russia (the transnational ‘pride’). This is often overlaid with the instrumental value-attribution for Russian for establishing and perpetuating power relations, exerting control and, finally, warmongering.