Cultural and Linguistic Minorities in the Russian Federation and the European Union

Comparative Studies on Equality and Diversity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Av Heiko F. Marten, Michael Rießler, Janne Saarikivi, Reetta Toivanen

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It is therefore a valuable introduction into the historical backgrounds and current linguistic, social and legal affairs with regard to Russia’s manifold ethnic and linguistic minorities, mirrored on the discussion of recent issues in a number of well-known Western European minority situations.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-01-20
Mått155 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt672 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieMultilingual Education
Antal sidor340
Upplaga2015
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319104546

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Part I Languages, identities and human rights 1. Change and maintenance of Plurilingualism in the Russian Federation and the European Union by Janne Saarikivi and Reetta Toivanen.- 2. The Global Extinction of Languages and its Consequences for Cultural Diversity by Suzanne Romaine.- 3. The Death of Languages; the Death of Minority Cultures; the Death of a People’s Dignity by Theodore S. Orlin.- Part II Case Studies on Cultural Change and Minority Language Maintenance: 4. Obstacles and Successes by Reetta Toivanen.- 5. Fallen ill in Political Draughts by Indrek Jääts.- 6. Finnic Minorities of Ingria by Natalia Kuznetsova, Elena Markus and Mehmed Muslimov.- 7. The Challenge of Language by Lennard Sillanpää.- 8. Uneven Steps to Literacy by Florian Siegl and Michael Rießler.- Part III Why some Languages Survive. On Language Laws, Policies and Changing Attitudes.- 9. Explaining Language Loss by Ekaterina Gruzdeva.- 10. Parliamentary Structures and their Impact on Empowering Minority Language Communities by Heiko F. Marten.- 11. Evolution of Language Ideology in Post-Soviet Russia by Konstantin Zamyatin.- 12. The Impact of Language Policy on Language Revitalization by Xabier Arzoz.- A List of Relevant Agreements, Charters, Conventions, Declarations, Legal acts, Protocols, Treaties and Other Official Documents.- A.1 International.- A.2 European and Russian.- A.3 List of Russian Regional Documents.- Index of Languages and People(s).- Subject index.- Person index.- Place index.