scholarly journals Russian Language in Russian Identity: Theoretical Approaches and Current Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-123
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Arutyunova
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
National Language ◽  
Native Languages ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Moment ◽  
National Languages ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
Russian Identity

The article is devoted to some aspects of the role of the Russian language in the Russian identity. It analyzes the main concepts of civil nationalism in the Western scientific literature, identifies their elements associated with giving the national language one of the key roles in the formation of civil nations as a special type of solidarity (the concepts of E. Gellner, B. Anderson, E. Hobsbawm, M. Billig, etc.). It is shown that national languages, formed under the influence of certain economic and political circumstances, continue to be reproduced as linguistic constructs in the modern conditions of fragmentation of space, trends in the recognition of the rights of linguistic and other minorities, and transformations of the ideas of nationalism. Based on the materials of representative sociological studies in different countries, it is shown that language is the “cornerstone” of national (civil) identity in people’s perceptions – national or nationally dominant languages in different countries are perceived as necessary to be considered part of a civil nation. Russian surveys also show that the Russian language is one of the most important identifiers of Russian identity in the mass representations of our fellow citizens at the moment, which is much more noticeable in the Russian ethnic environment. Russian language potential in the Russian identity is negatively influenced by both long-standing factors (in particular, the opposition of Russian and native languages in language policy and education) and recent factors related to the emphasis on the role of the Russian language as the language of the state-forming people. The article concludes that the potential of the Russian language in the Russian identity is negatively influenced by the long-standing factors (in particular, the opposition of Russian and native languages in language policy and education).

scholarly journals Realities of bilingualism in the context of language policy in modern Bashkortostan

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Aigul Ilyasovna Khaliulina ◽  
Murat Nilovich Ishemgulov ◽  
Elina Failevna Idrisova
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Population Census ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Wide Scale ◽  
The Republic ◽  
National Languages ◽  
The Russian Language

The subject of this research is bilingualism in the context of language policy in modern Bashkortostan. Special attention is given to actualization of the ethno-lingual identity of non-Russian population in the republic. Leaning on the ethnosociological studies, the author examine the scale of proliferation of national-Russian bilingualism in Bashkortostan, analyze the key markers in selection of the native language among some ethnic groups, as well as determine the role of Russian language as a language of interethnic communication. The novelty of this work lies in the attempt to determine the intensity of usage of national languages of non-Russian peoples and their interaction with the Russian language based on the wide-scale ethnosociological studies. The acquired results demonstrate that among Bashkir population, the native language still prevails over Russian by the level of language competence; while among urban Tatars, the Russian language has noticeably exceeded the native language of communication. At the same time, the results of ethnosociological research, confirming the results of the All-Russia Population Census of 2010 on the language competence of the residents of Bashkortostan, testify to the fact that their speech activity is oriented mostly towards learning Russian than the language of their ethnicity.

scholarly journals The Translator as a Mediator in the Dialogue of Literatures

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 357
Author(s):  
Yuanchun Li ◽  
Landysh G. Latfullina ◽  
Elvira F. Nagumanova ◽  
Alsu Z. Khabibullina
Keyword(s):  
Large Time ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
The Other ◽  
Original Text ◽  
The World ◽  
Word Translation ◽  
Foreign Work ◽  
National Languages ◽  
The Russian Language

<p>The article raises the issue of translating the works of national literatures through an intermediate language since most of the works of the peoples of Russia find their readers in the world thanks to the Russian language. The urgency of this problem is obvious in modern conditions when the interest in Turkic-speaking literature is growing, and many Russian poets, like in the Soviet era, see themselves as the translators from national languages. On the example of the translation of the poem «tɵshtǝgechǝ bu kɵn – sǝer Һǝm iat …» (“the day is like a dream”) of the contemporary poetess Yulduz Minnullina both the strengths and the weaknesses of the modern translation school are considered. The word for word translation can lead to the unification of differences between literatures when the dominant language (the Russian language) imposes certain aesthetic principles on the original text. The most important aspect of the topic of interest is the consideration of the role of interlinear translation in the establishment of interliterary dialogue. Through interlinear translation a foreign work, endowed with its special world of ideas, images, national and artistic traditions, serves as the basis for dialogical relations that are indispensable for both the Russian-speaking reader who discovers the “other” literature, and the very work that is included in the dialogue in the “large time”. At the same time, the elimination of differences between literatures occurs when the translator, through the Russian language, by means of line-by-line translation, introduces the features of his own consciousness into a foreign work. In this case, the translation simplifies the content of the literature, equalizes the artistic merits, thereby projecting the life of the work onto communication, rather than dialogue.</p>

scholarly journals Economic risks of language policy and language culture of youth in Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 136-150
Author(s):  
Olga Yu. Smyslova ◽  
Andrei A. Linchenko ◽  
Daria V. Lakomova
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Language Policy ◽  
Fundamental Problem ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
Economic Risks

The purpose of the article was to classify and analyze the economic risks of language policy in Russia in the context of the peculiarities of the language culture of young people, as well as their ideas about the place and role of the Russian language in the economic development of Russia. The systemic nature of these risks, as well as the post-fundamentalist interpretation of political philosophy, allowed us to single out and classify the external and internal risks of language policy, as well as talk about the internal risks of language policy not only in the aspect of public policy (policy level), but also in the aspect of public activity and initiative (political level). It was revealed that the key problem of external risk management is the lack of certainty of the functional role of the Russian language. The key problem of managing internal risks is to change the emphasis of language policy from preserving the language situation to increasing human economic well-being, reducing language barriers as economic barriers. The fundamental problem of Russian language policy lies in the absolutization of the role of the state and its policy and insufficient attention to non-state actors, public organizations, communities and social groups as subjects of language policy. A reflection of the general inconsistency of modern Russian language policy is the state and peculiarities of the economic consciousness of young people, the study of which was undertaken by us in the aspect of the attitude and interpretation of foreign economic vocabulary by young people in Russian. It was found that, on the one hand, Russian youth demonstrates a positive attitude towards the possibility of finding and implementing Russian equivalents of foreign economic terms and concepts, and on the other hand, the study recorded an increase in skepticism towards this as young people grow up and are included in work and business. At the same time, it was revealed the importance of the educational sphere and the media as mediums for the transformation of language culture and tools of language policy.

scholarly journals Русский и родные языки как факторы идентичности (по результатам экспертных опросов в Карачаево-Черкесской республике)

2021 ◽  
pp. 121-132
Author(s):  
Елена Анатольевна Щербина
Keyword(s):  
Russian Language ◽  
Civic Identity ◽  
Population Census ◽  
Native Languages ◽  
Main Indicator ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Expert Community ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
Main Family

В статье представлены результаты социологических опросов, проведенных в Карачаево-Черкесской Республике в течение ряда лет. В них отражено отношение населения региона в целом к русскому и родным языкам, а также экспертное мнение, детализирующее роль и значение языков в коллективной и личностной идентичности. Отражена роль русского языка как основного идентификатора общероссийской гражданской идентичности и отношение народов КЧР к родному языку как основному показателю этнической идентичности. В рамках парадигмы идентичности показано отношение регионального экспертного сообщества к родным языкам как основной семейной ценности. Вопросы, связанные с ролью и значением русского языка как языка государствоообразующего народа, и родными языками, отражающими культурное многообразие страны, рассматриваются в контексте принятых поправок в Конституцию РФ и предстоящей в 2021 году Всероссийской переписи населения. The article presents the results of sociological surveys conducted in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic over a number of years, which reflect the attitude of the region's population as a whole to Russian and native languages and expert opinion detailing the role and significance of languages in collective and personal identity. The role of the Russian language as the main identifier of the all-Russian civic identity and the attitude of the KCR peoples to their native language as the main indicator of ethnic identity is revealed. Within the framework of the identity paradigm, the attitude of the regional expert community to native languages as the main family value is shown. Issues related to the role and significance of the Russian language as the language of the state-forming people and native languages reflecting the cultural diversity of the country are considered in the context of the adopted amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the upcoming 2021 All-Russian population census.

scholarly journals Bestiary of the Russian Language: Ways to Fill Gaps in the Designation of Females and Cubs

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-102
Author(s):  
Li Li
Keyword(s):  
Russian Language ◽  
National Language ◽  
The World ◽  
Active Processes ◽  
The Russian Language

The role of the bestiary of the Russian language in the national language picture of the world as a constantly expanding layer of vocabulary is shown. The bestiary is represented by three groups-basic paradigms (complete, incomplete, and unfilled). In complete paradigms, suppletive formations are of particular interest. For this group it is marked a tendency to a leveling of the paradigm by creating a motivated neoderivatives. In incomplete paradigms, represented by two varieties, there are also active processes of expansion due to differentiation by gender or designation of the cub.

STUDYING THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AS A FACTOR OF HUMANITARIAN COOPERATION IN THE EURASIAN SPACE

2021 ◽  
pp. 112-124
Author(s):  
Vadim M. Shneider ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Status ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
Level Of Training ◽  
Language Environment ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
Post Soviet Space

The article considers issues related to the status and role of the Russian language in the post-Soviet space. It is emphasized that Russian language remains one of the main factors that still unites the countries of the post-Soviet region, different from a socio-cultural point of view. The author pays special attention to the study of the Russian language in schools. It is noted that in a number of states in the region, the Russian language is compul- sory for learning. These countries include Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia and Azerbaijan. In Ukraine, Georgia, Moldo- va, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Turkmenistan, Russian language is taught in secondary schools as a second foreign language. The author emphasizes that language policy does not always correspond to the language environment, which develops naturally and depends on a number of socio-cultural factors. In this regard, the author considers in detail the linguistic situation in each of the countries of the post-Soviet space. In the final part of the article, the author emphasizes that the prospects for studying the Russian language in the post-Soviet countries depend on various factors: the level of training of teachers, the demand for the Russian language, the preservation of the Rus- sian-speaking environment and the pursuit of a flexible language policy.

Approaches to the study of the Russian as a native language in primary school

2020 ◽  
pp. 147-152
Author(s):  
Irina A. Pavlinova
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
National Language ◽  
Native Languages ◽  
Language Study ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Russian Language

This study is a logical continuation of the work “On the formation of value attitude to the Russian language study at school”, which addressed the issues of language learning in three aspects: as a state, as a native and as a foreign language. In July 2018, Russia adopted the law “On the study of native languages” for the first time. Along with other national languages, for the first time Russian was considered not only as a state language, but also as a national language, requiring special attention and study. In this regard, we raise the problem of the choice of scientific approaches to the native Russian language study at the first stage of education. We study the course of “native Russian language”, define its goals and objectives and propose a list of scientific and methodological approaches to its teaching. We offer the native Russian language study from the position of four scientific aspects: axiological, communicative-activity, linguocultural and hermeneutic. The essence of each presented approaches is analyzed from the standpoint of the degree of study, development, expediency of use in primary school in theory and practice. We connect the conclusions about the success of applying the presented approaches to the native Russian language study, first of all, with the teachers, who should be an example of real knowledge of the Russian language, love for it, recognize and appreciate the richness of the native culture. We note that the introduction of additional hours of the Russian language is not intended to level the gaps in the students’ knowledge of basic course of the Russian language. Native language study should contribute to the formation of students’ perception of themselves as part of Russian culture, to form a valuable attitude not only to the language, but also to its study.

scholarly journals On the Role of Loanwords in Modern Russian

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 115-130
Author(s):  
Natalia F. Mikheeva ◽  
Marina G. Petrova
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
New Words ◽  
Loan Words ◽  
Considerable Impact ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
National Languages ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
Modern Russian

The topic of borrowing in the Russian language remains a favorite object of study for both domestic and foreign linguists. This article presents the ways of penetration of lexical borrowings into Russian from different languages; identifies the areas of Anglicism using in modern Russian; considers loan words from the border areas on the example of Yakutian. Studies have shown that not only Russian has had a considerable impact on the languages of the indigenous peoples of the national republics, enriching them with new words. Also, the lexics of the Russian language itself has been subjected to a particular influence of national languages.

scholarly journals CULTURAL ASPECT IN TEACHING THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN THE UNIVERSITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 548-552
Author(s):  
G. Kazhigaliyeva ◽  
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L. Alekeshova ◽  
N. Kairliyeva ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Language ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Native Culture ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Independent States ◽  
Cultural Component ◽  
The University ◽  
National Languages ◽  
The Russian Language

The article discusses the problems of modern linguodidactics, which attaches great importance to the cultural component of the content of education. The development of society is characterized by an increasing interest in the development of national languages and cultures. In the independent states of the CIS, a special role in the development of languages and cultures is played by the functioning of the Russian language, which, due to objective historical, social and linguistic factors, continues to play the role of means of interethnic communication among the peoples inhabiting these states. Accounting for native culture in teaching Russian is a subject of great attention and growing interest of researchers. Interlingual dialogue as one of the ways to improve the efficiency of teaching Russian language, as a means of bringing together different national minds can fully develop only with the integrated use of data from different sciences.

scholarly journals Language Policy of Ukraine: Major Results

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-83
Author(s):  
E. A. Markova
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
Limited Scope

In its almost three decades history, Ukrainian language policy has gone through several stages of its development. Formed before the collapse of theUSSR, the Ukrainian elite actively used the issue of the language to achieve its political goals. Even at the turn of the 80-90s of the last century, the issue on the status of the Russian language was in the focus of the political struggle. Relying on the party and bureaucratic apparatus support, the nationalistically-spirited elite ofUkrainebegan to use the language issue for winning over the population of the southeastern regions. At that time, it was of great importance, since before the collapse of theUSSR, the Ukrainian elite was interested in preventing the growth of protest sentiment within the country. In subsequent years, the issue of the Russian language status has repeatedly become the subject of intense political battles and speculation as well. The Party of Regions, the Communist Party exploited the theme of “protecting” the Russian language to consolidate their electorate before the parliamentary and presidential elections. Concurrently, the Western Ukrainian elites defended a different position, proposing to expand the scope of the Ukrainian language while at the same time confine the Russian language.Despite the turmoil between the Western Ukrainian and Eastern Ukrainian elites, especially during the pre-election periods,Ukrainegradually “drifted” towards restricting the use of the Russian language and expanding Ukrainian in education and culture.The situation in the linguistic sphere inUkrainechanged dramatically after 2014, when representatives of nationalist forces came to power. It became a policy to revise the legislation governing on the use of languages of national minorities, to which the Russian language began to fall into. As a result, the possibilities for using the Russian language were confined, while enhancing the role of the Ukrainian language. This situation has already aggravated the relations betweenUkraineand neighboring countries, in which they negatively evaluatedUkraine’s policy in the language sphere. In addition, limited scope for the Russian language has ratcheted up tension within the country, provoking new inter-regional contradictions.

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