How Language Shapes Social Inequality: Unveiling The Interplay Between Discourse And Disadvantage
Language plays a crucial role in shaping social inequality through linguistic dominance, prestige hierarchies, discrimination, and unequal access to language capital. It influences access to resources, employment, and power, reinforcing social stratification. Language socialization and identity intersect with inequality, reflecting and perpetuating disparities based on identity markers. Structural power dynamics and language policies can further…