Language Policy And Identity Of Nation-State In The Globalization Context

Language is a symbol of an ethnic culture and one of the most important signs of identity for the group that people belong to.It is an important factor in modern nationalism,and also an embodiment of political power within nation-states.The political history of the nation-state construction shows that consciously promoting language integration is part of the development of the nation-state.National language has played an important role in the process of national identity construction.After World War II,language policy and language planning became a recognized discipline.Along with the decolonization movement comes the language demand of the newly built countries.Language is a powerful instrument for promoting internal cohesion and proving an ethnic or national identity.Therefore,how to deal with the language demands among the different ethnic groups is one of the most important issues facing emerging countries.Therefore,in multi-ethnic countries,language policy has far-reaching effects in the fields of education,economy,and politics.In the context of globalization,language and culture have increasingly become an important factor of a country’s comprehensive national strength.Globalization has accelerated the flow of capital and cultural contacts.The collision of language and culture will promote integration,and it may also lead to competition and even conflict.From the perspective of language,this paper studies how language policies and national identity interact dialectically in multi-ethnic countries,and how the conflicts and compromises between local language ideology and global language order affect national identity construction.By analyzing the relationship between language,nation and country,it attempts to shed light on the language issues in ethnic conflicts and national identity problems,which deserves full attention in theory and practice,for the benefit of a deeper understanding of national language policy,language management and even global language governance.This paper explores the role of language in cultural-political identity in multi-ethnic countries,where language is seen as a form of social power or political power.Language has the function of constructing,maintaining,and even reconstructing identity.In all stages of nationalism,colonialism,and globalization,the language “hegemony” and ruling language once became the focus of power struggles,national and ethnic identity in various countries.In the discussion of language policy responses to globalization,this paper examines three components of language policy: language planning,language ideology,and language practices.Language management is a form of intervention,which could be at supranational,national,or sub-national levels,to decide on linguistic preferences.Language ideology refers to the underlying cultural beliefs about language varieties and communicative practices.Language practices refer to the everyday uses of language varieties,as well as language education.These three components are intertwined.By examining the impact of globalization on national languages and its response to language policy,this paper explores the history of the development of language policy and the role of these policies in deconstruction,thereby reveals the relationship between language policy and national identity and reconstruction of ethnic cultural identity.The threat of cultural homogeneity came with English hegemony has brought a general sense of crisis to Asian countries.Therefore,Asian countries are striving to achieve the dual tasks of national identity construction and globalization process.We can see that in order to strengthen their national economic and political power,Asian countries have adopted a number of strategies to promote English,hence paradoxically legitimizing its hegemony.The historical experience of these countries and regions in a series of social and political backgrounds shows that the relationship between language policy and national cultural identity is dialectical.Multi-ethnic countries have generally experienced the process of ethnic identity,national identity and pluralistic identity pattern formed by globalization.The identity discussed in this paper focuses on collective identity,in which national identity is a form.And this paper mainly adopts the constructive concept of identity.International relations is a complex political,military,economic,and cultural system,and there are many influencing factors.This paper only proposes that language is one of the constituent forces.Therefore,the role of other factors should be considered in the further study of constructing national identity.In conclusion,based on China,it analyzes China’s language policy and future prospects,in order to further promote its cultural harmony and improve the national language ability.