This study examines the ownership of English and linguistic (in)security of multilingual English learners in two post-Soviet nation-states. Using the chronotopic and scalar analysis of discourse, I examine students’ ideologies of English vis-à-vis their linguistic repertoires in the context of national imaginary and globalization. I utilize the concept of ‘nation branding’ to trace the relationship between language ideologies and broader sociopolitical factors, including neoliberalism. The analysis of 60 individual student interviews revealed that the state-circulated nation-branding discourse is a powerful tool for instilling the sense of linguistic ownership. The findings showed that students in Uzbekistan regard English as opportunistic and more valuable in the global market than their local languages. In contrast, students in Kazakhstan see all of their languages including English as pivotal in enacting trilingual identity at local, national, and global scales.

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哈萨克斯坦和乌兹别克斯坦的多语种、民族品牌和英语的所有权

本研究考察了两个后苏联民族国家的多语种英语学习者的英语所有权和语言（不）安全性。使用话语的时间主题和标量分析，我检查了学生的英语意识形态他们在国家想象和全球化背景下的语言库。我利用“民族品牌”的概念来追溯语言意识形态与更广泛的社会政治因素（包括新自由主义）之间的关系。对 60 名学生个人访谈的分析表明，国家传播的国家品牌话语是灌输语言所有权意识的有力工具。调查结果表明，乌兹别克斯坦的学生认为英语在全球市场上比他们的当地语言更有价值。相比之下，哈萨克斯坦的学生将包括英语在内的所有语言视为在地方、国家和全球范围内制定三语身份的关键。