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Framing language policy in post-Soviet Azerbaijan: Political symbolism and interethnic harmony
Central Asian Survey. 2011. Vol. 30. No. 2. P. 181–196.
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Bergelson M., Grenoble L., Russian Journal of Linguistics 2026 Vol. 30 No. 2 P. 275–309
This introductory article surveys current theoretical and methodological trends in language policy
research in multilingual and multiethnic societies, with particular attention to the post-Soviet space
and the Russian Federation. Drawing on structural, critical, ecological, and urban sociolinguistic
approaches, the paper traces the evolution of language policy scholarship from early language
planning models to contemporary frameworks emphasizing multilingualism, globalization, social
inequality, ...
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The papers in this thematic volume demonstrate that language policy in the post-Soviet
space and elsewhere reveals a fundamental tension that mirrors global shifts: the
conflict between state efforts to manage national identity and the organic reality of
human communication. While regional nationalization efforts often demonstrate
global patterns of securitization, the actual practices of speakers tell a different
story.
Language policy ...
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Zubalov D., Russian Journal of Linguistics 2026 Vol. 30 No. 2 P. 513–517
This review examines Yaron Matras' Speech and the City: Multilingualism, Decoloniality and the Civic University (Cambridge University Press, 2024), a book that reframes urban multilingualism as a question of civic voice, institutional access, and political recognition. Drawing on the long-running Multilingual Manchester project, Matras traces how a city language narrative is produced, circulated, and, at times, ...
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Zoumpalidis D.Y., Bergelson M., Russian Journal of Linguistics 2026 Vol. 30 No. 2 P. 417–441
The Sakhalin Korean community presents a particularly interesting case for examining the dynamics of language shift and identity negotiation, shaped as it has been by successive waves of displacement, colonial experience, and political transformation across nearly a century.
The community’s linguistic repertoire spans three languages, each carrying distinct ideological weight: Korean functions as a heritage language ...
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Askerov M. A., Issaev L., Korotayev A., Social Evolution & History 2025 Vol. 25 No. 2 P. 77–102
This article examines the trajectory of jihadist state-building in Somalia from the early 1990s to the present, focusing on the evolution of Islamist governance projects initiated by Al-Ittihad al-Islami, the Union of Islamic Courts, Al-Shabaab, and the Islamic State's Somali affiliate (Wilayat al-Sumal). Drawing on field research conducted in Somalia in May 2023, expert interviews, ...
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Zamyatin K., Вестник Пермского университета. Серия: Политология 2025 Т. 19 № 3 С. 122–132
Recently, it has become possible to observe the development of new official documents not only on national-ities policy, but also on language policy. This process witnesses that language policy is being formed as an independent direction of state policy. What are the reasons and possible consequences of this process? This article analyzes the official discourse ...
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Ilyushin R., Образовательная политика 2025 Т. 21 № 2 С. 130–140
The article explores the formation of values in Azerbaijani school education policy during the post-Soviet period (1991–2011). Drawing on Ivan Illich’s critique of vague concepts, the study examines how values declared in legal documents, curricula, and textbooks often lack precise definitions, operationalization, and measurable educational outcomes. The theoretical framework is based on Karl Weick’s sensemaking ...
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Yue Q., Zamyatin K., Current Issues in Language Planning 2025 P. 1–20
China and Russia historically share a common Soviet trajectory, and they both position themselves as distinct civilisational states existing outside liberal traditions. In addition to their nation-building efforts, both states have consistently sought to address their linguistic diversity in alignment with modern values of social equality and justice and have sought ways to justify their ...
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Кузнецов Е. А., Ведениктов Д. В., Vitaly A., Этнографическое обозрение 2026 № 1 С. 228–248
This article examines language policy in the Republic of Karelia as a complex interplay between top-down and bottom-up initiatives. Focusing on the support of Karelian, Veps, and Finnish languages, which despite legislative guarantees face low proficiency rates and prestige among the population. The study analyzes the role of education, language activism, and ethnocultural practices, emphasizing ...
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Zamyatin K., Северо-Восточный гуманитарный вестник, Россия 2025 № 1(50) С. 187–198
Recently, it has been possible to observe increased attention of the authorities to the sphere of national
linguistic relations in Russia, which was expressed in the development of new official documents on language policy.
New initiatives make the question of the limits of state intervention in the life of society relevant. Whose are languages:
languages of the state, ...
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Zamyatin K., Вестник Пермского университета. Серия: Политология 2023 Т. 17 № 3 С. 75–84
The text reviews the book by analysing the content of the book itself and providing the context of interna-tional scientific research on language and society. The text of the book is analysed sequentially, starting with the introduction and continuing from chapter to chapter. At the end, a conclusion is drawn on the signifi-cance of the ...
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Zamyatin K., Социолингвистика 2023 Т. 3 № 15 С. 29–52
In connection with significant changes in the life of society and the state in recent years, the issues of language policy have again become relevant. The need to respond to new challenges launched the processes of language planning, at the core of which was the process of developing the Concept of the state language policy, ...
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Zamyatin K., Социолингвистика 2023 Т. 4 № 16 С. 119–143
Due to a number of historical and structural reasons, research on language policy in Russia has not yet completely separated from sociolinguistics and has not become the subject of political science, as initially happened during the formation of an interdisciplinary project on language policy research in Western science. This situation in research is manifested, for ...
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Иванов Л. А., Арцыбашева К. В., Исаков М. А. et al., В кн.: Исследования молодых географов: сборник статей участников зимних студенческих экспедиций.: ИП Ерхова И.М., 2025. С. 195–212.
Символические объекты исполняют в застроенном пространстве роль метафоры, погружающей в образ города. Особенно такие объекты важны в столицах, где они должны как репрезентировать всю страну миру, так и выступать представителями регионов, а также подчеркивать временную преемственность текущего состояния с воображаемой непрерывной историей. Повышенная знаковая, сигнификативная функция символических объектов часто вводит их в конфликт с непосредственным ...
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Zamyatin K., Вестник Пермского университета. Серия: Политология 2024 Т. 18 № 4 С. 6–19
The problems of language preservation in Russia are studied within the framework of scientific research.
Practical solutions are sought in socio-political activity, however, no significant progress has been achieved.
In this article I analyze the attempts to apply the developments of applied science in practice, in particular, in
the development of the draft Program for the Preservation and ...
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Zamyatin K., Вестник Пермского университета. Серия: Политология 2024 Т. 18 № 3 С. 137–149
In recent years, “preservation of linguistic diversity” has been included as one of the goals of the state nationality policy. Efforts to preserve languages are undertaken both at the level of state policy “from above” and the practical activities of language activists “from below”. However, despite the official recognition of the problem of language loss ...
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Shamilov R. M., В кн.: Лингвокультурные аспекты глобализационных процессов. Сборник материалов IV международной научно-практической конференции.: М.: Ритм, 2024. С. 156–162.
The paper is aimed at bringing to the attention of the general public the debates which have been going on for more than ten years among the Lezgian intellectuals about linguistic purism with regard to the literary (standard) Lezgian language. It considers certain measures intended to purify the Lezgian language, proposed by the “puristically” inclined ...
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Batyrshin R. I., Культурное наследие России 2024 № 1 С. 55–60
The change in the linguistic landscape is very often a consequence of the acculturation process, which is spontaneously formed by the interaction of borderline linguistic cultures, but the most common reason for these changes is the purposeful language policy of states. The author uses the example of the CIS nations to try to answer the ...
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Goryushina E., Switzerland: Peter Lang, 2024.
This edited volume traces the tragic history of state collapse and statebuilding, radicalisation and conflict in Chechnya, focusing on the contested and contesting role of historical memory. The time frame covered ranges from the beginning of civil mobilisation during Perestroika in the mid-1980s to the period of increasing authoritarianism, repression and militarisation in the run-up ...
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Григорьева А. А., Bergelson M., Russian Journal of Linguistics 2024 Т. 28 № 3 С. 680–705
Alaskan English (AE), or the regional variety of English used by Native Alaskans, is a unique yet largely underinvestigated phenomenon. Specific conditions in which Alaskan English and its distinct characteristics have emerged remain significantly understudied. The aim of this article is to explore these conditions as well as their long-term effects on the regional native ...
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Altukhov S., Асташкина В. А., Экономика и управление в спорте 2024 Т. 4 № 2 С. 107–124
The article examines the main managerial problems of football as a system in Azerbaijan. The results of the study reveal significant managerial shortcomings and offer a discussion of solutions and relevant recommendations based on international experience and interviews with experts in the field of sports management in Azerbaijan. The article analyzes the current situation in ...
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