Language, commodification and labour: the relevance of Marx

This article explores, through a Marxist lens, the nature and extent of language commodification in work situations from three perspectives: firstly, as a component of the commodity of labour power in the exploitative labour process; secondly, from an ideological perspective, the influence of the dominant neoliberal narrative of commodification which marketizes everything; and thirdly, the active social agent dimension of ‘language workers’ who resist, in various ways, attempts at commodification of their language.
Source: Language Sciences - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research