Linguistic Effects of Political Institutions

Liu, Amy H.

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“…There seems to be a consensus in the existing scholarship that in societies with diverse linguistic reservoirs, language use or language choice is not naturally produced, but the result of political engineering (Brass 2009;A. Liu 2011;Liu and Ricks 2012;Medina et al 2009;Sonntag 2009).4 Moreover, in many cases, linguistic cleavages have been intentionally mobilized by political elites for various reasons, for example, to establish a minimum winning coalition or compete for dominance in elections (Brass 2009;A. H. Liu 2011;Liu and Ricks 2012;Medina et al 2009;Sonntag 2009), or to consolidate public authority in the new nationstates that claimed their independence after African decolonization and the collapse of the Soviet Union (Laitin 1977(Laitin , 1992(Laitin , 1998.…”

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Language Stereotypes in Contemporary Taiwan: Evidence from an Experimental Study

Chang¹,

Lü²

2014

Journal of East Asian Studies

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We collected original experimental data, using the matched-guise technique, to examine the Taiwanese people's evaluational reactions to two major spoken languages in contemporary Taiwan: Mandarin and Taiwanese. Taking advantage of the effectiveness of the experimental technique in controlling for possible unobserved confounding variables, we clearly and systematically demonstrate that (1) language stereotypes do exist in today's Taiwan, and (2) there are some serious and significant implications for Taiwan's public opinion and democratic politics. Our data show that such language stereotypes are of great salience and consistently decoded for political issues, less so for socioeconomic issues, and almost insignificant for personality features. Our data also confirm that these language stereotypes are not just proxies of Taiwan's regional divisions; the Taiwanese people cognitively differentiate between the spoken languages' political and socioeconomic implications (despite some mild halo effect between the two).

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Language Stereotypes in Contemporary Taiwan: Evidence from an Experimental Study

Chang¹,

Lü²

2014

Journal of East Asian Studies

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“…Not only are the majority of countries multilingual, but the overwhelming bulk of groups in conflict are separated along linguistic lines. 24 Furthermore, individuals' sensitivity towards their language has been shown to negatively impact attitudes towards outgroups, including national majorities. 25 Considering that countries are intrinsically associated with the dominant group, it is reasonable to assume that perceived linguistic threat would also negatively impact national attachment among linguistic minorities.…”

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“…This is evident by the fact that a large majority of national conflicts are divided along linguistic lines. 3 Linguistic groups have also been shown to be sensitive to threats posed to their community. 4 Specifically, linguistic factors are likely to play a role in linguistic groups' feelings towards their country.…”

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Refining the Influence of Language on National Attachment: Exploring Linguistic Threat Perceptions in Quebec

Medeiros

2017

Nationalism and Ethnic Politics

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“…A large minority group can incentivize governments to adopt pro‐minority legislation in democratic (Liu, ) and authoritarian regimes (Liu et al., ). As the Russian population increases, we should see growing demands for Russian recognition as an official language, as a language of judicial proceedings, and as a medium of instruction, etc.…”

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Trade and the Recognition of Commercial Lingua Francas: Russian Language Laws in Post‐Soviet Countries

Liu

Roosevelt

Sokhey

2016

Economics & Politics

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Trade has the potential to influence a wide range of political and social outcomes. Using the post-Soviet context, we examine how language policiesvital components for how minorities are treated with far-reaching economic consequencesare influenced by trade. We argue that while ethnic politics and colonial legacies are both important in shaping language laws, it is important to recognize that the Russian language remains a significant commercial lingua franca in the region. When economic exchanges between Russia and other post-Soviet republics are frequent, governments are more likely to adopt pro-Russian language laws as a practicality and to maintain favor with the Russian government and Russian-speaking businesses. Using an original dataset covering all Russian language-related laws in the former Soviet states from 1992 to 2009, we find a significant and positive relationship between trade and pro-Russian language laws. These results are robust even when we (1) instrument for Russian import levels and (2) consider the Baltic effect, spillovers from cultural affinity, and the uniqueness of fuel exports.

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Linguistic Effects of Political Institutions

Cited by 27 publications

References 25 publications

Language Stereotypes in Contemporary Taiwan: Evidence from an Experimental Study

Language Stereotypes in Contemporary Taiwan: Evidence from an Experimental Study

Refining the Influence of Language on National Attachment: Exploring Linguistic Threat Perceptions in Quebec

Trade and the Recognition of Commercial Lingua Francas: Russian Language Laws in Post‐Soviet Countries

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