https://languageonthemove.com/happy-birthday-uae-2/ Multilingualism, Intercultural communication, Consumerism, Globalization, Gender & Identity, Migration & Social Justice, Language & Tourism Tue, 28 May 2019 00:02:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://languageonthemove.com/happy-birthday-uae-2/#comment-6994 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:25:13 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/?p=7866#comment-6994 Thanks Ingrid for allowing us to participate virtually in the national+ corporate fervor on the national day celeberations of UAE. The corporate world is often very quick on capitalizing the sentiments of people be it sports event or Independence Day celebrations. I am sure you must have noticed the humanitarian works the airlines claim to be doing in the developing world.
What fascinates me most in these streetscapes is the asymmetry in power relationship between languages. They are often very successful in constructing public linguistic homogeneity through selecting and giving visibility to a particular language over many. The usual explanation is that it is our norm!
Happy national day to all friends in UAE.
Khan

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