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

Comparative Studies on Equality and Diversity

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Editors:
  1. Heiko F. Marten

    1. Department of German, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia

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  2. Michael Rießler

    1. Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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  3. Janne Saarikivi

    1. Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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  4. Reetta Toivanen

    1. The Erik Castrén Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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  • The first volume to compare the sociolinguistic situations of minorities in the Russian Federation and Western Europe
  • A valuable introduction to the linguistic, social and legal issues of the many ethnic and linguistic minorities in Russia
  • Offers insights into the complex and varied multilingual situations in both Russia and Western Europe
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Multilingual Education (MULT, volume 13)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  3. Case Studies on Cultural Change and Minority Language Maintenance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Obstacles and Successes

      • Reetta Toivanen
      Pages 83-105

    3. Fallen Ill in Political Draughts

      • Indrek Jääts
      Pages 107-126

    4. Finnic Minorities of Ingria

      • Natalia Kuznetsova, Elena Markus, Mehmet Muslimov
      Pages 127-167

    5. The Challenge of Language

      • Lennard Sillanpää
      Pages 169-187

    6. Uneven Steps to Literacy

      • Florian Siegl, Michael Rießler
      Pages 189-230

  4. Why Some Languages Survive. On Language Laws, Policies and Changing Attitudes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231
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    2. Explaining Language Loss

      • Ekaterina Gruzdeva
      Pages 233-252

    3. Parliamentary Structures and Their Impact on Empowering Minority Language Communities

      • Heiko F. Marten
      Pages 253-277

    4. The Evolution of Language Ideology in Post-Soviet Russia

      • Konstantin Zamyatin
      Pages 279-313

    5. The Impact of Language Policy on Language Revitalization

      • Xabier Arzoz
      Pages 315-334

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 335-340
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About this book

This is the first comprehensive volume to compare the sociolinguistic situations of minorities in Russia and in Western Europe. As such, it provides insight into language policies, the ethnolinguistic vitality and the struggle for reversal of language shift, language revitalization and empowerment of minorities in Russia and the European Union. The volume shows that, even though largely unknown to a broader English-reading audience, the linguistic composition of Russia is by no means less diverse than multilingualism in the EU. 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.

Reviews

The detailed information in this book about the sociolinguistic situation of the small peoples in the North, especially in Russia, is invaluable – nothing quite like this exists in English. The comparisons, both within Russia and between Russia and western Europe, are interesting and also unique, and the articles complement each other well (not always true of edited volumes). Many articles are multidisciplinary (history, law, linguistics, sociolinguistics, ethnography, cultural studies, political science); also unusual. The summaries and conclusions are well anchored theoretically. The introductory chapter puts it all in an even broader context

All those linguists, sociolinguists, ethnographers and anthropologists who work with Indigenous peoples, endangered languages, language maintenance, and, to some extent, cultural studies and ecology, can benefit. Likewise researchers on various aspects of Russia, including nationalism researchers. Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, dr.phil.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of German, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia

    Heiko F. Marten

  • Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Michael Rießler

  • Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Janne Saarikivi

  • The Erik Castrén Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Reetta Toivanen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cultural and Linguistic Minorities in the Russian Federation and the European Union

  • Book Subtitle: Comparative Studies on Equality and Diversity

  • Editors: Heiko F. Marten, Michael Rießler, Janne Saarikivi, Reetta Toivanen

  • Series Title: Multilingual Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10455-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-10454-6Published: 20 January 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35641-9Published: 24 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-10455-3Published: 06 January 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2213-3208

  • Series E-ISSN: 2213-3216

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 340

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Language Education, Applied Linguistics, Educational Policy and Politics

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