Chapter 3. A Russian-speaking nation?
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Konstantin Zamyatin
Abstract
The study explores Russia’s language policy in its connection to the nation-building project. The data demonstrate that, in the recent years, the policy-makers have increased their efforts at strengthening the position of Russian both in Russia and abroad. The policy analysis reveals that the intention is to use the language as a tool to foster national identity. However, this might be not as easy a task as one might assume because language itself influences the choice of strategy in the nation-building process.
Abstract
The study explores Russia’s language policy in its connection to the nation-building project. The data demonstrate that, in the recent years, the policy-makers have increased their efforts at strengthening the position of Russian both in Russia and abroad. The policy analysis reveals that the intention is to use the language as a tool to foster national identity. However, this might be not as easy a task as one might assume because language itself influences the choice of strategy in the nation-building process.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- List of contributors ix
- List of abbreviations xvii
- List of figures, tables, charts and pictures xix
- Chapter 1. The politics of multilingualism 1
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Part I. Reconceptualising multilingualism and collective identity
- Chapter 2. The politics of multilingualism in Canada 19
- Chapter 3. A Russian-speaking nation? 39
- Chapter 4. The impact of mobility and migration on the identity-constructing policy in Brussels 65
- Chapter 5. From glossophagic hegemony to multilingual pluralism? 89
- Chapter 6. Transient linguistic landscapes of activism 111
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Part II. Linguistic hegemony, insecurity and linguistic justice
- Chapter 7. How to measure linguistic justice? 145
- Chapter 8. Linguistic justice and English as a Lingua Franca 167
- Chapter 9. The promise and pitfalls of global English 201
- Chapter 10. Languages, norms and power in a globalised context 223
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Part III. Lingua Franca and global linguistic governance
- Chapter 11. On some fashionable terms in multilingualism research 247
- Chapter 12. English, the Lingua Nullius of global hegemony 275
- Chapter 13. Idealism or pragmatism? 305
- Chapter 14. European integration and the variety of languages 333
- Author index 359
- Subject index 365
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- List of contributors ix
- List of abbreviations xvii
- List of figures, tables, charts and pictures xix
- Chapter 1. The politics of multilingualism 1
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Part I. Reconceptualising multilingualism and collective identity
- Chapter 2. The politics of multilingualism in Canada 19
- Chapter 3. A Russian-speaking nation? 39
- Chapter 4. The impact of mobility and migration on the identity-constructing policy in Brussels 65
- Chapter 5. From glossophagic hegemony to multilingual pluralism? 89
- Chapter 6. Transient linguistic landscapes of activism 111
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Part II. Linguistic hegemony, insecurity and linguistic justice
- Chapter 7. How to measure linguistic justice? 145
- Chapter 8. Linguistic justice and English as a Lingua Franca 167
- Chapter 9. The promise and pitfalls of global English 201
- Chapter 10. Languages, norms and power in a globalised context 223
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Part III. Lingua Franca and global linguistic governance
- Chapter 11. On some fashionable terms in multilingualism research 247
- Chapter 12. English, the Lingua Nullius of global hegemony 275
- Chapter 13. Idealism or pragmatism? 305
- Chapter 14. European integration and the variety of languages 333
- Author index 359
- Subject index 365