LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL IMPERIALISM:INDONESIAN CASE
The discourse of language, culture and imperialism are closely intertwined. In this paper I will describe cultural imperialism through language by taking Indonesian case as an example. This essay will develop two main arguments. Firstly, it sets forth that language is a medium through which cultu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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State Islamic University of North Sumatra
2017-09-01
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| Series: | IJLRES (International Journal on Language Research and Education Studies) |
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| Online Access: | http://jurnal.uinsu.ac.id/index.php/ijlres/article/view/949/742 |
| Summary: | The discourse of language, culture and imperialism are closely intertwined. In
this paper I will describe cultural imperialism through language by taking Indonesian
case as an example. This essay will develop two main arguments. Firstly, it sets forth
that language is a medium through which cultural imperialism could take place,
since language is an important and even fundamental aspect of culture. The cultural
imperialism through language starts to occur when a certain foreign language is
arbitrarily and irresponsibly used in correspondence and combination with local
languages within formal and colloquial contexts. Secondly, using Frantz Fannon’s
theory as described in his Black Skin White Masks, Indonesian case of use of mixed
language of Bahasa and English in any medium is an obvious example of how this
language imperialism in contemporary setting arises. |
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| ISSN: | 2580-6777 2580-6777 |