From commodification to weaponization: the Russian language as ‘pride’ and ‘profit’ in Russia's transnational discourses
Journal: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Year: 2015

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 discursiv