Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan
Book cover

Multilingualism in the Baltic States

Societal Discourses and Contact Phenomena

  • Book
  • © 2019

Overview

Editors:
  1. Sanita Lazdiņa

    1. Faculty of Education, Languages and Design, Rēzekne Academy of Technologies, Rēzekne, Latvia

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Heiko F. Marten

    1. DAAD Information Centre Riga, Riga, Latvia

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Presents an overview of contemporary research on languages, discourses and multilingualism in the Baltic states
  • Analyses revealing case studies of language contact in post-Soviet contexts
  • Provides fresh insights into social issues and conflicts at the Eastern border of the EU

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 109.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 139.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Multilingualism, Language Contact and Majority–Minority Relations in Contemporary Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

    • Sanita Lazdiņa, Heiko F. Marten
    Pages 1-25

  4. Regional Varieties and Minority Languages

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Latgalian in Latvia: Layperson Regards to Status and Processes of Revitalization

      • Sanita Lazdiņa
      Pages 59-88

    3. Contested Counting? What the Census and Schools Reveal About Võro in Southeastern Estonia

      • Kara D. Brown, Kadri Koreinik
      Pages 89-121

    4. Regional Dialects in the Lithuanian Urban Space: Skills, Practices and Attitudes

      • Meilutė Ramonienė
      Pages 123-152

    5. Tangled Language Policies: Polish in Lithuania vs. Lithuanian in Poland

      • Justyna B. Walkowiak, Tomasz Wicherkiewicz
      Pages 153-202

  5. The Integration of the Russian Language and Its Speakers into Baltic Societies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Lithuanian as L2: A Case Study of Russian Minority Children

      • Ineta Dabašinskienė, Eglė Krivickaitė-Leišienė
      Pages 205-237

    3. Multilingualism and Media-Related Practices of Russian-Speaking Estonians

      • Triin Vihalemm, Marianne Leppik
      Pages 239-267

    4. How Do Views of Languages Differ Between Majority and Minority? Language Regards Among Students with Latvian, Estonian and Russian as L1

      • Heiko F. Marten
      Pages 269-304

  7. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 479-479
      Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

This edited collection provides an overview of linguistic diversity, societal discourses and interaction between majorities and minorities in the Baltic States. It presents a wide range of methods and research paradigms including folk linguistics, discourse analysis, narrative analyses, code alternation, ethnographic observations, language learning motivation, languages in education and language acquisition. Grouped thematically, its chapters examine regional varieties and minority languages (Latgalian, Võro, urban dialects in Lithuania, Polish in Lithuania); the integration of the Russian language and its speakers; and the role of international languages like English in Baltic societies. The editors’ introductory and concluding chapters provide a comparative perspective that situates these issues within the particular history of the region and broader debates on language and nationalism at a time of both increased globalization and ethno-regionalism. This book will appeal in particular to students and scholars of multilingualism, sociolinguistics, language discourses and language policy, and provide a valuable resource for researchers focusing on Baltic States, Northern Europe and the post-Soviet world in the related fields of history, political science, sociology and anthropology. 



Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Education, Languages and Design, Rēzekne Academy of Technologies, Rēzekne, Latvia

    Sanita Lazdiņa

  • DAAD Information Centre Riga, Riga, Latvia

    Heiko F. Marten

About the editors

Sanita Lazdiņa is Professor in Applied Linguistics at Rēzekne Academy of Technologies, Latvia. Her research interests include language and educational policies, multilingualism in the Baltics, linguistic landscapes, Latgalian, and folk linguistics. She is the editor of several publications on language acquisition, bilingual education and CLIL in Latvia.


Heiko F. Marten is Director of the DAAD Information Centre Riga and Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Latvia and Rēzekne Academy of Technologies, Latvia. His research focuses on language policy, linguistic landscapes, language learning motivation, minorities and discourses on language. He is the author of Sprachenpolitik: Eine Einführung (2016) and co-editor of Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape (2012, with Durk Gorter and Luk Van Mensel).


Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation