Language Attitudes, Shift and the Ethnolinguistic Vitality of the Greek Orthodox Community in Istanbul

Komondouros, Markos; McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa

doi:10.2167/jmmd483.1

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“…In this descriptive study, data were collected by means of a questionnaire originally developed by Komondouros and McEntee-Atalianis (2007). Permission to use the questionnaire was received from the authors by e-mail and the items were reworded to fit it into the context.…”

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“…One way to study issues of language and identity is the study of attitudes since language attitudes reflect language not just as a means of communication but also as a symbol of a society/group (Komondouros & McEntee-Atalianis, 2007). Therefore, the examination of language attitudes in contact situations is important since they derive from values and beliefs which are directly related to the sense of identity (p. 367).…”

Section: Language Shift and Attitudesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Study of Assyrians’ Language Use in Istanbul

Arikan

Varli

Kürüm

2017

Sustainable Multilingualism

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Summary Being one of the oldest Christian communities in the Middle East, Assyrians have continued to live in various parts of Turkey for thousands of years. Today, the estimates related to the number of Assyrians living in Turkey vary between 4,000–25,000 while they cannot benefit from the rights put forward by the Lausanne Treaty among which schooling is the most important. Assyrian community can be said to be deteriorating in number. This decline in the number of Assyrians living in Turkey raises the question of whether they could maintain their ethnic identity while maintaining their language (Syriac). No studies so far have been carried out to find out the linguistic practices of Assyrian community living in Turkey, as well as their attitudes toward the languages they use. This study aims at shedding light on the present situation of Syriac used among the Assyrian community living in Turkey. The participants are limited to those living in Istanbul due to practical reasons. In this study, language attitudes and language use practices of Assyrian community living in Istanbul are found out through a language attitudes questionnaire. It is hoped that the results of the study will provide the current situation of the Syriac language in terms of its ethnolinguistic vitality as spoken among the community. It is also hoped that the results of the study will provide useful data for those who would like to help protect the ethnolinguistic identities of Assyrian minority in Turkey, as well as all those dispersed around the world, which seems to have become increasingly important for such a country at the gates of the European Union as Turkey.

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Section: Language Shift and Attitudesmentioning

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A Study of Assyrians’ Language Use in Istanbul

Arikan

Varli

Kürüm

2017

Sustainable Multilingualism

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“…Keelekontakt on alati olemuselt unikaalne ja seda hinnatakse selle karakteristikute ja dünaamilisuse põhjal. Teiseks, tähtis on arvestada sotsiaalpsühholoogilisi faktoreid, mis võivad mõjutada või kujundada keelelojaalsust, nagu ka väljastpoolt tulenevad, objektiivsed tegurid (Komondouros, Mcentee-Atalianis 2007). Keelt on sageli vaadeldud kui lojaalsuse tundemärki, sümbolit, millesse suhtutakse kui mingi rahvuse hulka kuulumise tähistajasse (Baker 2006).…”

Section: Vähemusrühmade Etnolingvistiline Vitaalsusunclassified

Vähemuskeelte elujõulisus ja arengusuundumused Eesti venekeelsetes keelekeskkondades

Küün

2010

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Ülevaade. Artiklis on kirjeldatud vähemuskeelte situatsiooni Eesti venekeelsetes keelekeskkondades. Vaatluse all on informantide eelistatavad keeled nii kodus kui ka väljaspool kodu ning lugemisel. Eesmärk on anda ülevaade vähemuskeelte elujõulisusest, järjepidevusest ja arengust mitme põlvkonna vältel. Ühtlasi on eesmärgiks Eesti eri keskkondades tarvitatavate keelte kasutamise kaardistuse põhjal luua andmebaas nende piirkondade vastavate keelekeskkondade kohta ning andmestu tutvustamine. Segregatiivsete keelekeskkondade andmebaasi kaudu saab ülevaate, mis alustel toimub üldiselt keele-eelistus, millest on tingitud mingi keele dominatsioon teiste keelte üle, mis keeli kasutatakse segregatiivsetes keelepiirkondades eri valdkondades kodus, koolis ja mujal. Samuti on andmebaasis kirjas, mis tasemel vallatakse kasutatavaid keeli. Antud uurimus võib saada oluliseks lähte-allikaks segregatiivsete keelekeskkondade keelekõnelejate haridusvajaduste määramisel ja sellega seoses ka vastavate haridusotsustuste mõjutamisel Eesti haridusmaastikul.Uurimuse läbiviimise meetodina on kasutatud kirjalikku küsitlust ja intervjuud.* Võtmesõnad: hariduspoliitika, keelepoliitika, keelevalik, keelepäde-vus, kodukeel, eesti keel, vene keel, teised keeled 1. Sissejuhatuseks 20. sajandile üks iseloomulikumaid jooni on rahvaste migratsioon üle rahvuslike ja geograafiliste piiride. Paljusid maailma kultuure ja keeli -eriti neid, mis on arvuliselt väiksemad -ähvardab sulandumine teistesse, domineerivatesse keeltesse ja kultuuridesse. Tuhanded keeled on paari viimase sajandi jooksul juba kadunud.

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“…Although the vitality theory was heavily criticised in the 1980s because of its factors being 'gross and inexact tools of analysis' (Husband and Saifullah Khan 1982), it has remained one of the major theories of language shift (see Clyne 2003), being applied in novel empirical settings (Gogonas 2009;Komondouros and McEntee-Atalianis 2007;Yagmur and Kroon 2006, to name just a few) and inspiring new theoretical developments (Allard and Landry 1986;Bourhis et al 1997;Ehala 2010;Giles and Johnson 1987;Harwood, Giles, and Bourhis 1994).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Traditionally, subjective ethno-linguistic vitality (SEV) is measured quantitatively using a subjective vitality questionnaire (SVQ) although, more recently, a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods has been introduced (Komondouros and McEntee-Atalianis 2007). As subjective vitality is assumed to be based on the perception of objective vitality, SVQs have, with a few exceptions such as those noted in Allard and Landry (1986), included questions on the perceptions of status, demographic and institutional support factors (Abrams, Barker, and Giles 2009;Bourhis, Giles, and Rosenthal 1981;Currie and Hogg 1994;Giles, Rosenthal, and Young 1985;Yagmur 2001).…”

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The impact of inter-ethnic discordance on subjective vitality perceptions

Ehala

Zabrodskaja

2011

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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Subjective ethno-linguistic vitality expresses a group's perception of its own ability to act as a distinctive collective entity in intergroup encounters. Although subjective vitality questionnaires have proved to be reliable instruments of measurement, there has been criticism that they underestimate actual vitality (see Yagmur, this issue). A possible reason for this might be that there are other factors present that can potentially affect vitality. For example, high perceived inter-ethnic discordance may enhance group vitality by reducing the permeability of group boundaries and strengthening emotional attachment to the in-group due to identity threat. In our paper, we hypothesise that the higher the perceived discordance, the higher the subjective vitality perceptions. To measure inter-ethnic discordance, a questionnaire was developed consisting of two interrelated factors: legitimacy of intergroup situation and perceived intergroup attitudes. A largescale survey (N 0 460) of representatives of the Russian-speaking community in Estonia was conducted, focusing on both the discordance and subjective vitality phenomena. Contrary to the predictions, there was a negative correlation between the discordance factor and subjective vitality perception. The implications of this finding for the notion of subjective vitality are discussed.

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Language Attitudes, Shift and the Ethnolinguistic Vitality of the Greek Orthodox Community in Istanbul

Cited by 23 publications

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A Study of Assyrians’ Language Use in Istanbul

A Study of Assyrians’ Language Use in Istanbul

Vähemuskeelte elujõulisus ja arengusuundumused Eesti venekeelsetes keelekeskkondades

The impact of inter-ethnic discordance on subjective vitality perceptions

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