The Soft Power of the Russian Language: Pluricentricity, Politics and Policies

ISBN-13: 9781032240985 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 278 str.

Arto Mustajoki; Ekaterina Protassova; Maria Yelenevskaya

Opis

Exploring Russian as a pluricentric language, this book provides a panoramic view of its use within and outside the nation and discusses the connections between language, politics, ideologies and cultural contacts.

Spis treści

Part 1. Russian as a communicative tool: lingua franca, intermediator or something else? Chapter 1 The Russian Language away from the Metropolis: Challenges of Pluricentric Development Chapter 2 The History of the Internationalization of Russian Chapter 3 The Democratization of Russian Part 2. The Russian-Language Legacy Chapter 4 Language Policy in Relation to the Russian Language in Georgia before and after Dissolution of the Soviet Union Chapter 5 Russian in Armenia: Between Thriving and Surviving  Chapter 6 Russian in Azerbaijan: Changing Practices and Emerging Paradigms Chapter 7 Variability in the Russian Diaspora Speech of Estonia Chapter 8 The Russian Language in Latvia: The Historic Linguistic Situation Chapter 9 The Russian Language of the Lithuanian Republic as Reflected in Mass Media Discourse Chapter 10 The Russian Language in Belarus and Ukraine Chapter 11 The Russian Language in Kazakhstan in the 21st Century Chapter 12 Russian Language in Kyrgyzstan: Status, Functioning and Collisions between Languages Part 3. The Russian-Speaking Diaspora Chapter 13 Russian in France: from the Russian Community to the National Education System Chapter 14 Russian in Germany Chapter 15 Russian and its Speakers in Finland Chapter 16 The Russian Language in Canada Chapter 17 The Russian Dialects Outside Russia: The Situation in South America  Chapter 18 Connected by Digital Imagination: Discourses of Belonging and Community Building of Russophone Migrants in the USA and Great Britain Part 4. New Trends in the functioning of the Russian language Chapter 19 Heritage Russian in the US and the New Type of Pluricentricity in the Context of Immigration Chapter 20 Family Language Policy, Russian Language Use, Maintenance and Transmission in Cyprus and Sweden Chapter 21 Russian As A Foreign Language Education in Japanese High Schools: A Multilingual Education Policy on the Margin

O autorze

Arto Mustajoki is Professor Emeritus at Helsinki University, Finland.

Ekaterina Protassova is Adjunct Professor in Russian language at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Maria Yelenevskaya is Senior Teaching Fellow at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.