On Conceptual Approaches to the Interac tion of Language and Politics in the Context of Globalization
This paper presents an analysis of the conceptual development of the basic means of interaction within the topic triangle “language - politics - globaliza tion”, including the contexts of such approaches as the world language system, “linguistic neo-imperialism”, a discursive version of language globalization, and critical sociolinguistics of globalization (language distribution vs. mobility and ac cess to societal-linguistic resources). The spatial dimensions of the given subjects are reﬂected in different decisions concerning interactions between the global and the local, and also in certain procedures for the hierarchical distribution of languages according to their international-political “rank”, inﬂuence and “soft power” potential.