A borderlands' perspective of language and globalization

• Omoniyi, Tope ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Roehampton

     University of Roehampton

     Wandsworth, Reino Unido

     
• Localización: International journal of the sociology of language, ISSN 0165-2516, Nº. 227, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Languages and Borders: International Perspectives), págs. 9-23
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • My primary objective in this article is to explore what new meaning borderlands research can bring to our understanding of globalization as it is presently framed in sociolinguistic scholarship. As a site of negotiations and transactions in international goods and services in the official and non-official realms they present us with a microcosm of globalised networks. The specific territoriality of a borderland illustrates localization which Waters (2001: 5) says implies ``a reflexive reconstruction of community in the face of the dehumanizing implications of rationalizing and commodifying'', a referencing against global scapes. I also present and explore continentalization as an African social process modeled on globalization by looking at the impact that Nollywood as a cultural industry is having across national boundaries.