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

Comparative Studies on Equality and Diversity

AvHeiko F. Marten,Michael Rießler

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Del 13 i serien Multilingual Education

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-01-20
Mått:155 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt:672 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Multilingual Education
Antal sidor:340
Upplaga:2015
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319104546

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Innehållsförteckning

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.