Language, power and ideology

Type Journal Article - Economic and Political Weekly
Title Language, power and ideology
Author(s)
Volume 37
Issue 44/45
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2002
Page numbers 4556-4560
Abstract
Language has been intimately related to ideology and power in Pakistan. While Urdu is
conspicuous as a symbol of Pakistani identity and national integration, other ethnic groups
have seen this as a version of internal colonialism. Indigenous languages thus become
tools that serve to assert ethnic identity and ensure a wider mobilisation.

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