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UNISA996571850803316 |
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Autore |
Seals Corinne A. |
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Titolo |
Choosing a Mother Tongue : The Politics of Language and Identity in Ukraine / / Corinne A. Seals |
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Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2019] |
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©2019 |
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ISBN |
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1-78892-500-9 |
1-78892-501-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (221 pages) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ukrainian language - Political aspects |
Language revival - Ukraine |
Ukrainians - Ethnic identity |
Language maintenance - Ukraine |
Language and languages - Political aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Historical Language Ideologies and Sociopolitical Conflict in Ukraine -- 2. Language and Identity After the Orange Revolution -- 3. Othering and Positioning During a Time of War -- 4. Who’s Responsible? The Politics of Language -- 5. Renegotiating Identity and ‘Changing Your Mother Tongue’ -- 6. Investment and Loyalty in the Ukrainian Diaspora -- 7. ‘It Doesn’t Matter What You Speak’: Challenges to Dominant Language Ideologies by Ukrainian Young Adults -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendices -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book presents a sociocultural linguistic analysis of discourses of conflict, as well as an examination of how linguistic identity is embodied, negotiated and realized during a time of war. It provides new insights regarding multilingualism among Ukrainians in Ukraine and in the diaspora of New Zealand, the US and Canada, and sheds light on the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war on language attitudes among Ukrainians around the world. Crucially, it features an analysis of a new movement in Ukraine that developed during the course of the |
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war – ‘changing your mother tongue’, which embodies what it is to renegotiate linguistic identity. It will be of value to researchers, faculty, and students in the areas of linguistics, Slavic studies, history, politics, anthropology, sociology and international affairs, as well as those interested in Ukrainian affairs more generally. |
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