Evaluating language revival policies of Russia’s Finno-Ugric republics: policy impact and its limits

Zamyatin, Konstantin

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“…Moreover, they preferred to live in monolingual environment. 9 Accordingly, the demands to abolish compulsory language study have continually been present in the discourse and were publicly voiced from time to time by some organisations that claimed to present the interests of ethnic Russians and Russian-speakers.…”

Section: Policy Formation: Erosion Of Non-russian Language Provisionmentioning

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An Ethnolinguistic conflict on the compulsory learning of the state languages in the republics of Russia: policies and discourses

Arutyunova

Zamyatin

2020

The International Journal of Human Rights

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Until recently, not only students of the titular nationalities (ethnicities) learned their native language but also ethnic Russians and other nationalities in some ethnic republics of Russia had to learn titular state languages of those republics. The political campaign in Russia against the compulsory teaching of state languages of republics started two years ago and culminated in the adoption of the amendment to the Russian education law on 3 August 2018. 1 The law enacted some additional mechanisms to ensure the voluntary study of non-Russian languages. 2 The law adoption signified the escalation of the conflict around linguistic rights and the compulsory study of state language. The problem is that the official discources typically overshadow the discourses of individuals and non-govenrmental ogranization who have their own language attitudes and agendas, which distorts the depiction of the conflict. In this paper, we will study official and public discourses together, combining the 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' perspectives, in order to explore both the language policy and language ideologies, and, thus, to provide a multifaceted picture of the conflict. We use policy analysis and discourse analysis to study official documents, surveys, mass media, social media discussions.

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Section: Policy Formation: Erosion Of Non-russian Language Provisionmentioning

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An Ethnolinguistic conflict on the compulsory learning of the state languages in the republics of Russia: policies and discourses

Arutyunova

Zamyatin

2020

The International Journal of Human Rights

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“…It led to a significant increase in the status-symbolic role of the titular indigenous languages of the republics of the Russian Federation. However, the results of expanding the social functions of the state languages of the republics of the Russian Federation were less successful (Zamyatin, 2019).…”

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Contextualized Bilingualism in the Republics of Southern Siberia

Боргоякова

Guseinova

2021

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities &Amp; Social Sciences

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The article examines the development of bilingualism in the Republics of Southern Siberia. Its social context is formed under the influence of both extralinguistic factors and the language hierarchy in the form of vertical bilingualism. According to the latest sociolinguistic surveys, bilingualism is the norm for indigenous peoples – Altaians, Tuvans and Khakass – and their language behavior is determined by a strong instrumental and integrative motivation for using Russian as a language of social promotion. The increase of the subtractive type of bilingualism has resulted in the exclusive use of Russian not only in the external, but also in the internal circle of communication with the highest rates in the Republic of Khakassia (about 60 and 30%, respectively). A pragmatic attitude influences the language behavior: the more indigenous respondents declare their fluency in Russian, the fewer of them speak their native language. At the same time, the languages of the titular peoples retain a high symbolic status, expressed in recognition of native languages and in willingness to contribute to their support and promotion

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The Linguistic Landscape of the war

Baranova

2023

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Being immersed in a covert conflict within a censored society, the Linguistic Landscape provides valuable insights into the dynamics of multilingual communication during war. Following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, political involvement among ethnic minority groups in Russia has experienced a surge. The use of minority languages signifies a hidden but significant form of protest, empowering ethnic minorities to assert their agency and political claims. Through an examination of anti- and pro-war signs in minority languages and interviews with language activists, this study explores how these languages are employed within the LL, revealing the motivations and attitudes of their authors. Minority languages in anti-war signs serve as secret codes while also personalizing protests and appealing to group solidarity. However, pro-war signs also evoke solidarity and ethnic values. Analysis of the anti- and pro-war signs illustrates their connection to other texts in minority languages, referencing discourses and ethnic symbols within the community of speakers of a minority language.

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Evaluating language revival policies of Russia’s Finno-Ugric republics: policy impact and its limits

Cited by 4 publications

References 13 publications

An Ethnolinguistic conflict on the compulsory learning of the state languages in the republics of Russia: policies and discourses

An Ethnolinguistic conflict on the compulsory learning of the state languages in the republics of Russia: policies and discourses

Contextualized Bilingualism in the Republics of Southern Siberia

The Linguistic Landscape of the war

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