Uneven distribution of resources in the youth linguascapes of Mongolia

Sender Dovchin

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Uneven distribution of resources in the youth linguascapes of Mongolia

Sender Dovchin

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From the journal Multilingua Volume 36 Issue 2

Abstract

Drawing on offline and online casual interactions in the context of youth in Mongolia, on the Asian periphery, this article looks at youth mixed language practices from the perspective of “linguascapes” in order to capture the current flows of transnational linguistic resources in relation to other social landscapes. The study seeks to contribute to current discussions of the sociolinguistics of globalization by investigating to what extent and in what way resources make up linguascapes among youth groups with different access to resources. The main implication of this study is that youth linguascapes in Mongolia are fundamentally diverse, as a result of the combination of varied transcultural resources. At the same time, these resources are unevenly distributed and unequally localized.

Keywords: youth linguascapes; transnational flows; uneven distribution of resources; sociolinguistics of globalization; Mongolia

Acknowledgements

I gratefully acknowledge the intellectual guidance of Professor Alastair Pennycook, my PhD supervisor. I would also like to thank the editor Ingrid Piller and two anonymous reviewers whose insights added value to this article. I wish to dedicate this article to the loving memory of my mother Erdenechimeg Perliijantsan.

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youth linguascapes; transnational flows; uneven distribution of resources; sociolinguistics of globalization; Mongolia