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Bruzos, Alberto – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2023
This article begins with an overview of the literature on language commodification and the Marxist critiques of this concept. I argue that, while these critiques have raised pertinent issues surrounding the concept of language commodification, they are limited by their reliance on Karl Polanyi's notion of fictitious commodification, which suggests…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Political Attitudes, Language Role, Language Attitudes