scholarly journals THE ROLE OF THE STATE LANGUAGE IN THE ETHNIC PRESS: CRIMEAN EXPERIENCE

2018 ◽  
pp. 255-261
Author(s):  
N. V. Yablonovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Native Language ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Ethnic Press ◽  
Linguistic Aspect ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
State Language

The article studies the functioning of the Crimean ethnic press from the end of XIX century to the beginning of the XXI century in the linguistic aspect, in particular, the role of the Russian language in Crimean ethnic publications of the past and the present is studied. Based on the analysis, the author draws conclusions about the main opportunities for using the state language in the ethnic press. The author believes that the ethnic press, which represents the interests of its ethnos and speaks on its behalf, should be extremely interested in giving information about the life of its people, its history, traditions, problems for as wide a range of readers as possible. And for this task, the ethnic press actively uses both state and languages of interethnic communication. This happened in Crimea, where, from the very moment of its appearance in January 1860, the ethnic press began to turn to the Russian language, striving to be as effective as possible in solving the problems of the represented ethnic groups and in promoting their achievements. According to the author, the Russian language in ethnic publications of the Crimea is non-alternative for editions of ethnic groups who have lost their native language; gives an opportunity to expand the audience for editions of ethnic groups, not all representatives of  which have a sufficient command of their native language; promotes the increase of the audience at the expense of representatives of other peoples interested in this or that cultural-national autonomy, while promoting intercultural dialogue and a tolerant approach to solving confessional and national problems; helps the representation of a certain ethnos at the national and international levels.

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 Language situation and status of languages in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1247-1259
Author(s):  
Elena B. Besolova ◽  
Bella K. Zakaeva ◽  
Varvilina P. Dzhioeva ◽  
Anastasia V. Denisenko ◽  
Julia M. Kalinina
Keyword(s):  
Native Language ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
National Language ◽  
Loss Of Self ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
North Ossetia ◽  
Interethnic Communication

The article substantiates the socio-economic and cultural-historical introduction of the Ossetians to the Russian language, which is considered as the result of the natural development of the standard of living of the highlanders. The aim of the study is to consider the history and characteristics of national-Russian bilingualism, the role of language interaction in the formation of a bilingual personality, society, identification of deformed linguistic processes that led to both the loss of the function of language proficiency and its use in everyday life, as well as measures that contribute to the revival of native language. The article emphasizes that the Russian language has become a civilizing factor that has significantly accelerated the development of the spiritual culture of the mountaineers, that it, along with the Ossetian language, is recognized as the state language of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania as a language of interethnic communication, it is provided with free functioning throughout the republic. The work also focuses on the ethno-demographic composition of the population, emphasizes the polyethnicity of the region, which contributes to the strengthening of the role of the Russian language as a language of interethnic communication. During the 20th century, a sharp delimitation of the functions of the Russian and native languages leads to a weakening of the role of the national language, which exposes it to the threat of extinction. Loss of language entails a loss of self-awareness, culture, perception of the world, as well as the loss of self-identification. According to the authors, the republic itself needs to be concerned about the widespread use and all-round development of the native language in national government bodies, public organizations of science, culture, education, health care and the service sector. We need to work with those native speakers who do not consider it prestigious to communicate in their native language in the family, do not try to pass it on to the next generation: the lack of linguistic continuity is destructive. To preserve the language in the context of globalization, the authors propose to strengthen the role of the state and society, to consolidate the efforts of scientists, statesmen and public figures in order to influence the activities of the media to preserve the language and culture; direct their efforts towards harmonious bilingualism.

scholarly journals Language Policy of the Russian Federation

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (22) ◽  
pp. 165-177
Author(s):  
Vesna Kosmajac ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
State Language

This paper presents a sociolinguistic analysis of the current linguistic situation in the Russian Federation. Preservation and development of the Russian language represents the national interest of the state. The Russian language has the status of a state language, but, given the large number of ethnic groups living on the territory of Russia, it must not jeopardise other national languages, as this could lead to inter-ethnic conflicts. Some of the key issues Russia is currently facing in this field are: the process of globalisation, the uncontrolled penetration of anglicisms into the Russian language, the adverse impact of the Internet and social networks on literacy, especially with the younger population. All valid rules of the Russian orthography are, in fact, prescribed by the Government of The Russian Federation. Laws regulating the area of language policy are the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Law on the Languages of the Peoples of the Russian Federation, and the Law on the State Language of the Russian Federation.

On the formation of value attitude to the Russian language study at school

2019 ◽  
pp. 156-164
Author(s):  
Irina Pavlinova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Students ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
National Language ◽  
School Students ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
National Values ◽  
Language Study ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
State Language

In the Russian Federation, as a multinational country, bilingualism is widespread: the process of learning the state language (Russian language) and national language (Bashkir, Yakut, Buryat, etc.) is programmed, vital and natural. We see the problem in that the national languages of the indigenous peoples of Russia are studied from the perspective of patriotic upbringing and education, while the Russian language is presented to Russian-speaking children more as the offi-cial state language of our country and, to a lesser extent, as their native language. When studying the Russian language, either its undoubted rich history and culture is leveled out, or a small and unsystematic amount of national values associated with the Russian language is provided to stu-dents. Underestimation of the axiological, communicative and culturological approach to the study of Russian as a native language we consider an urgent problem of contemporary education. In primary school these approaches are of particular importance. We consider the issues of studying the Russian language as a state language, as a native and as a foreign one. We put forward the idea of integrating approaches to the Russian language study, the leading role of speech training of school students. In this regard, we conduct a detailed analysis of textbooks on the Russian language for grades 1–4 and a comparative analysis of Soviet and Russian textbooks. We pay attention to foreign experience, the study of Russian as a foreign language, and textbooks on the Russian language for foreign students. We connect the conclusions about the formation of the value attitude of younger school students to the Russian language both with the educational material content and with the form of its presentation to children.

scholarly journals Why Do Ethnic Groups Rebel? New Data and Analysis

2009 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars-Erik Cederman ◽  
Andreas Wimmer ◽  
Brian Min
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Civil Wars ◽  
Political Competition ◽  
State Power ◽  
The State ◽  
Central State ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
The Government

Much of the quantitative literature on civil wars and ethnic conflict ignores the role of the state or treats it as a mere arena for political competition among ethnic groups. Other studies analyze how the state grants or withholds minority rights and faces ethnic protest and rebellion accordingly, while largely overlooking the ethnic power configurations at the state's center. Drawing on a new data set on Ethnic Power Relations (EPR) that identifies all politically relevant ethnic groups and their access to central state power around the world from 1946 through 2005, the authors analyze outbreaks of armed conflict as the result of competing ethnonationalist claims to state power. The findings indicate that representatives of ethnic groups are more likely to initiate conflict with the government (1) the more excluded from state power they are, especially if they have recently lost power, (2) the higher their mobilizational capacity, and (3) the more they have experienced conflict in the past.

scholarly journals RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN MODERN UZBEKISTAN: POLITICS, IDENTITY, SPHERE OF USING

2021 ◽  
pp. 103-109
Author(s):  
Yu.N. Tsyryapkina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Population ◽  
Field Research ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Language Usage ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Official Status ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
State Language

The article discusses the official status and sphere of Russian language usage in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The article reveals the idea that the policy of strengthening the state language in modern Uzbekistan is associated with the adaptation of the late Soviet model of the nation state, in which language was one of the most important markers of the nation. It is proved that the Russian language is one of the rooted languages of the republic. According to the materials of field research, the indigenous population has formed a demand for Uzbek-Russian bilingualism, including the acquisition of the language through school education in Russian. The author concludes that the Russian language is a part of modern Uzbek culture.

Rosjanie w kadrze nauczycielskiej Gimnazjum Lubelskiego w okresie paskiewiczowskim w świetle zbiorów Archiwum Państwowego w Lublinie / The Russian teaching staff in Lublin Secondary School in the post-Paskiewicz period in the light of the State Archive’s Collection in Lublin

2015 ◽  
Vol 68 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ireneusz Sadurski
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Native Language ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Polish School ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Russian Language

AbstractThe aim of the article is to provide the answer to the question concerning the Russian teaching staff and its nationality in Lublin Seconday School. The author of the article discusses the stages of the teaching carteer of Russian teachers. According to the law established in 1833, after the fall of November uprising, the school authorities introduced the Russian language to the Polish school. In 1832-1864 Russian was taught by 22 teachers in Lublin Secondary School. Among them there were three Russian head-masters. Russian was also taught by teachers of other nationalities including Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian and Georgian. The first Russian, who taught his native language in Lublin in 1834-1836 was professor Jan Aleksandrowski. He had taught in Krzemieniec before. He started teaching there in 1807 and was considered to be an exceptionally amiable and competent teacher by schoolboys who did not pay attention to russification.

scholarly journals TERMINOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MODERN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE POLICY

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-46
Author(s):  
A.D. Vasilyev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
National Language ◽  
The Public ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
Public Consciousness ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
State Language

Issues of language policy are constantly relevant for any state, including Russia, which is a multinational country as stated officially. According to the current constitution, the Russian language is the state language of the Russian Federation; amendments to the 2020 Basic Law have finally and justly established the state-forming status of the Russian people. Naturally, the current speech-communicative processes in different spheres of life of society give rise to various conflicts. This also applies to the field of official communication – lawmaking, law enforcement, legal procedures, etc. Therefore, the sporadic attention of the authorities to the use of the Russian language as a state language is understandable. This was the key in the agenda of the meeting of the Russian Language Council, held on November 5, 2019 under the personal chairmanship of the President Vladimir V. Putin. However, the meeting participants did not pay due attention to a number of rather obvious problems that arise in this regard. Among them are, in particular, the pressing tasks of clearly differentiating stable varieties of the use of the national language and their normative labelling, some methodological principles of practical lexicography, probable linguodidactic innovations and specific forms of their implementation; finally, issues of juridical linguistics and of legal nature. The purpose of the article is to analyze the terminological aspect of language policy in Russia. As a result, it is obvious that the term “state language” should be filled with a clear conceptual content. This will also strengthen its place in the public consciousness.

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.

LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION OF NORMATIVE ACTS: PROBLEMS OF BILINGUALISM OF REGIONAL LEGISLATION AND WAYS TO SOLVE THEM

2020 ◽  
pp. 54-67
Author(s):  
Michael A. Revazov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Official Languages ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Simultaneous Use ◽  
Language Of Publication ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
State Language

The use of the state language of the Russian Federation is mandatory in the publication of regulatory legal acts of both Federal and regional levels. The republics of the Russian Federation, along with the Russian language, may use their own state languages in the publication of the legal acts. The current legislation defines the procedure for the use of the Russian language as a state language, but this procedure is far from perfect. Certain requirements should be made and the use of regional official languages. The simultaneous use of two or more languages in the creation and publication of an legal acts creates a number of difficulties, inevitable in bilingual or multilingual legislation.

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