Overview
- 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)
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Languages, Identities and Human Rights
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Case Studies on Cultural Change and Minority Language Maintenance
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Why Some Languages Survive. On Language Laws, Policies and Changing Attitudes
Keywords
- Aboriginal culture in Northern Russia
- Basque language
- Finnic minorities of Ingria
- Frisian
- Global biodiversity in the early 21st century
- Global extinction of languages
- Languages in the Russian Federation
- Latgalian
- Linguistic Rights of National Groups
- Minority languages and cultures
- Scottish Gaelic
- Sociolinguistic ethnolinguistic variation
- Sorbian languages in Germany
- Sámi languages in Finland
- languages in Mari El
- languages in Udmurtia
- linguistic and cultural diversity
- minority language speakers
- revitalization of endangered languages
- saami languages
About this book
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
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