What is Linguistic imperialism?
'''Linguistic imperialism''' or '''language imperialism''' is when the most used language is forced onto people who do not use that language. [[Imperialism]] is the reason why this happens. Linguistic imperialism is viewed by some people as a way to show [[Power bloc|power]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kamusella|first=Tomasz|year=2020|title=Global Language Politics: Eurasia versus the Rest|url=https://content.sciendo.com/downloadpdf/journals/jnmlp/14/2/article-p117.xml|journal=Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics|volume=14|pages=118–151|doi=10.2478/jnmlp-2020-0008|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Master|first=Peter|year=1998|title=Positive and Negative Aspects of the Dominance of English|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_tesol-quarterly_winter-1998_32_4/page/716|journal=TESOL Quarterly|volume=32|issue=4|pages=716–727|doi=10.2307/3588002|jstor=3588002}}</ref> == Notes == {{Reflist|2}} [[Category:Cultural assimilation]] [[Category:Imperialism]]