Linguistic human rights in the Baltic States

Druviete, Ina

doi:10.1515/ijsl.1997.127.161

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“…Language is powerful, it does not merely reflect speakers' ideas and realities, it shapes ideas and realities (Kramsch, 1998). Indigenous societies across the globe who have been colonized tell us that the requirement to communicate in their oppressor's language has devastating effects on the subordinated group's culture (Davis, 2013;Druviete, 1997;Jacob, 2013;Kapā'anaokalāokeola Nākoa Olviera, 2014;Schmidt, 1990). Further, even when colonized peoples express grievances against their colonizers or secure international rights, they must articulate their needs and the abuses they have suffered in their oppressor's language (Mikaere, 2011).…”

Section: Mitigating Power and Privilege In Workhop Activitiesmentioning

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Immersive Practices: Dilemmas of Power and Privilege in Community Engagement with Students in a Rural South African Village

Williams¹,

Nunn²

2016

Engaging Pedagogies in Catholic Higher Education

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Section: Mitigating Power and Privilege In Workhop Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Immersive Practices: Dilemmas of Power and Privilege in Community Engagement with Students in a Rural South African Village

Williams¹,

Nunn²

2016

Engaging Pedagogies in Catholic Higher Education

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“…2 As the immigrants were neither ideologically (Pilkington 1998) nor structurally (Kolsto 1999) motivated to learn the local language, they expected the local population to turn to Russian (Vihalemm 1992;1993). Thus, by the end of Soviet rule every seventh, fourth and third Russian-speaker in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania respectively reported having some command of their titular languages (Druviete 1997).…”

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Language policies and practices across the Baltic: processes, challenges and prospects

Vihalemm

Hogan-Brun

2013

European Journal of Applied Linguistics

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We examine actions taken in the three Baltic states to (re-)establish their national languages in de facto multilingual surroundings. The implementation processes and initial impact of language ideology and language regulation on the language practices and socio-political participation of Soviet-period immigrants and their descendants living in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are described. In presenting a comparative cross-Baltic overview of language practices we discuss the national differences in connection with citizenship and political participation, population distribution and labour market surroundings. Our empirical data are draw from sociological surveys, population statistics and labour market segregation analyses. We focus on the interaction between regulations, language practices and social structural surroundings asking: How has the national language establishment shaped labour market practices, citizenship and education expectations? And vice versa: What could be the effect of the social surroundings on the formation of the language practices? We conclude that despite their different structural provisions, Estonia and Lithuania face somewhat similar future challenges in terms of creating a culturally more integrated education system. The minority agents when confronted with existing policy requirements have fewer possibilities to produce their own (alternative) solutions since ethnicity or language-driven social marginalization is perceived more as a problem here. In Latvia, the minority representatives seem to have sufficient resources in the private sphere to "slow down" existing state level language requirements, which enables them to create suitable surroundings for the ongoing maintenance of the Latvian-Russian multilingual environment.Keywords: Baltic, language policies and practices, citizenship, minorities, participation.Resümee: Artiklis analüüsitakse Balti riikide keelepoliitikaid esimese kahekümne iseseisvusaasta jooksul. Pärast nõuogude okupatsiooni uuesti ülesehitatavate rahvusriikide missiooniks on eesti/läti/leedu keele ja kultuuri säilimine ja arendamine. Kõrvuti selle eesmärgiga on riikide ees teine raske ülesanne -lõimida ühiskonda nõukogude perioodil sisserännanud ja nende järeltulijad -arvukas vene emakeelega elanikkond. Artiklis antakse võrdlev ülevaade peamisest tegevustest riigikeele kehtestamisel ning analüüsitakse poliitilise, demograafilise ning majandusliku keskkonna soodustavat ning takistavat mõju venekeelse elanikkonna keelepraktikate muutumisele, poliitilisele osalusele ja tööturupraktikatele. Resumen: Analizamos las acciones llevadas a cabo en tres repúblicas bálticas para (re)establecer su lengua nacional en entornos multilingües de facto. Se describe el establecimiento e impacto inicial de la ideología lingüística y la regulación lingüística de las prácticas lingüísticas y la participación socio-política de los inmigrantes del periodo soviético y sus descendientes con residencia en Estonia, Latvia y Lituania. Al presentar una visión global comparada de las ...

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“…Ricento 2000Ricento , 2006a. Druviete (1997) found the Baltic States unique: the linguistic human rights of state language speakers can be violated and the official state language of a sovereign country can be considered as an endangered language. Moreover, Skutnabb-Kangas (1994: 178) defines the Baltic national languages as minorised majority languages "in need of protection usually necessary for the threatened minority languages".…”

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Agency lost in the discourse of language endangerment: nominalisation in discourse about South Estonian

Koreinik

2011

ERYa

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Abstract. This paper focuses on the representation of agency in the discourse of language endangerment. I consider strategies to (de)legitimate through the competing claims regarding lesser-spoken South Estonian varieties by language activists and their opponents, language professionals and others, from 2004−2005 and arguments used in the broader media debate on pro-Estonian language policy since the mid1990s. My focus is on what processes are nominalised in the discourse of endangerment and what other schemes of hidden or backgrounded agency are employed. I will demonstrate within the broad framework of critical discourse analysis (CDA) that material processes, which represent language change, shift or loss, are deactivated and deagentialised leaving no space for agency. Discursive practices, which hide agency and thus under-represent the process-like nature of language, support the Estonian linguistic culture of monoglossia. Finally, the public discourse of endangerment is a public arena for claims of jurisdiction for Estonian language professionals.*

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Linguistic human rights in the Baltic States

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Immersive Practices: Dilemmas of Power and Privilege in Community Engagement with Students in a Rural South African Village

Immersive Practices: Dilemmas of Power and Privilege in Community Engagement with Students in a Rural South African Village

Language policies and practices across the Baltic: processes, challenges and prospects

Agency lost in the discourse of language endangerment: nominalisation in discourse about South Estonian

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