Beyond Linguistic Policy [microform] : The Soviet Union Versus Estonia / Mart Rannut
- Bib ID:
- 5553256
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Rannut, Mart
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED352803
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1991
- 31 p.
- ISSN:
- 0106-0821
- Summary:
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Discussion of the role of non-Russian languages in the Soviet Union (USSR) focuses on the history of ethnic group languages and language policy in Estonia since the collapse of totalitarianism. A historical overview of Soviet Union language policy is offered, with attention given to the ideological goals influencing policy, and their realization and results. Three periods are discerned: the first characterized by urgent and violent measures used to implement Communist ideals, including elimination of whole ethnic groups; the second emphasizing homogenization and elimination of ethnic markers; and the third occurring with the introduction of "perestrojka," when ethnic and linguistic self-determination continued to be denied despite official change in policy. Three simultaneous processes are noted: increasing economic malfunction; the attempt by indigenous nations to establish political sovereignty or gain additional rights; and the attempt of indigenous nations to protect their languages and cultures. The three processes are seen as generating a crisis in the Soviet Union. Estonian linguistic policy adopted soon after the Soviet occupation in 1940 until the present is analyzed, including language attitudes among non-Estonians and language policy in education. Democracy and self-determination are seen as necessary for the solution of linguistic problems. A 20-item bibliography is included. (MSE)
- Notes:
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- ROLIG papir, n48 p23-52 1991.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Roskilde Univ. Center (Denmark)
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