Commodification of the Chinese Language: Investigating Language Ideology in the Irish Media

Autor/inn/en	Liu, Yuying; Gao, Xuesong
Titel	Commodification of the Chinese Language: Investigating Language Ideology in the Irish Media
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Language Planning, 21 (2020) 5, S.512-531 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1747-7506
DOI	10.1080/14664208.2020.1741236
Schlagwörter	Chinese; Ideology; Foreign Countries; Newspapers; Second Language Learning; Native Language; Language Maintenance; Language Planning; Language Attitudes; Commercialization; Language Minorities; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? China; Chinesen; Ideologie; Ausland; Newspaper; Zeitung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachpflege; Sprachwechsel; Sprachverhalten; Sprachminderheit; Irland
Abstract	Despite the growing importance of Chinese in many contexts, the ideological orientations towards the Chinese language and its speakers embedded in the wider socio-political context remain under-researched. This study intends to bridge this gap by interpreting media representations of 'Chinese' in Irish print media. A combination of corpus linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis was employed in the study. Informed by Ruíz's (1984) metaphorical representations of language, 85 valid news articles retrieved from the major Irish newspapers (2010-2018) were analysed. The results of analysis suggest that Irish media discourse focuses on highlighting the instrumental value of the Chinese language, promoting standard Chinese and marginalizing the Irish Chinese diaspora community. It can be argued that a community-oriented approach to promoting the learning and teaching of Chinese may help create a positive synergy between heritage language maintenance and recognition of the Chinese language as a valuable resource. This study will have implications for the wider discussion of language ideology and language planning with regard to modern language learning and heritage language maintenance. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01