Abstract
The paper deals with the language-identity nexus at the collective level against the elusive nature of both language and identity. Invoking the principles of continuity and change in this nexus, the paper recognizes the role of myth in maintaining the element of continuity and the imperatives of ideological manipulation in motivating change to respond to emerging socio-political contexts. To achieve this, the paper employs the concepts of identification, differentiation and distanciation as well as the distinction between the instrumental and the symbolic roles of language. Examples from Arab and non-Arab domains of socio-political action are used to support the main thesis of the paper.
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