Linguistic diversity, global paradigms and taken-for-grantedness.
In the first part of this paper taken-for-granted hypotheses in linguistic diversity are presented. In the second part the two constellations of globalized ideologies are described constituting paradigms that these hypotheses illustrate: competition and solidarity. In the third part, a condensed version of emerging globalized concerns is given. Sociolinguistics and anthropological linguistics are disciplines that increasingly theorize and analyze within the solidarity paradigm. It is suggested that a systematic uprooting of competition as taken-for-granted grounding of scientific research should allow for the development of theorization and successful applications of solidarity ideologies. In short, in this paper, our multifaceted taken-for-grantedness is challenged in many ways: (1) competition is ideological and many social movements are unmasking it by articulating solidarity as a basis for ideologies, (2) difference is not necessarily divisive but it is so in pervasive competition, (3) proponents of the Nation-State as a model of social organization have vested interests in competition, (4) competition has not favored the articulation of common human grounds but globalization helps to raise concerns and articulate commonness/solidarity in difference.
Martel
Angéline
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Télé-université, Quebec University, Montreal, Canada. Angeline_Martel@teluq.uquebec.ca
D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004465:Economic Competition; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D007802:Language; D008037:Linguistics; D012922:Social Change; D012933:Social Identification