Language Planning in the Post-Communist Era

Provides a clear view of the essential features of 'language planning' before presenting examples from countries of the former communist bloc
Observes patterns of change and continuity in language planning at different historical periods in the countries in focus
Deals with a range of issues intertwined with language planning, including changes in the social, political and cultural environment
Draws a clear distinction between covert and overt attempts at controlling language development and use

Autorentext
Ernest Andrews is Visiting Scholar at the Department of Linguistics, Indiana University Bloomington, USA. His previous publications include Linguistic Changes in Post-Communist Eastern Europe and Eurasia (2008), and Legacies of Totalitarian Language in the Discourse Culture of the Post-Totalitarian Era: The Case of Eastern Europe, Russia and China (2011).

Inhalt

Introduction; Ernest Andrews.- Chapter 1: Language Planning: Theoretical Background; Ernest Andrews.- Chapter 2: Language Planning in China: Unity, Diversity, and Social Control; Fengyuan Ji.- Chapter 3: Language Policy in Russia: Language, Identity and Nationality; Joan Chevalier.- Chapter 4: Language Policy and Power Politics in Post-Soviet Tatarstan; Teresa Wigglesworth-Baker.- Chapter 5: Language Policy and Hegemony in the Central Asian Republics Ayse Dietrich.- Chapter 6: Language Policy in Independent Ukraine: A Battle for National and Linguistic Empowerment; Vladislava Reznik.- Chapter 7: Lithuanian Language Planning: A Battle for Language and for Power; Loreta Vaicekauskien and Nerijus Sepetis.- Chapter 8: Language Planning in Latvia as a Struggle for National Sovereignty; Andrejs Veisbergs.- Chapter 9: The Polish Language Act: Legislating Language in a Complicated Linguistic-Political Landscape; Magda Stroinska and Ernest Andrews.- Chapter 10: Language Planningin Slovakia: Nation-Building in the Context of European Integration; Marián Sloboda, Lucia Molnár Satinská and Mira Náblková.- Chapter 11: Forms of Language Planning and Policy in the Czech Republic; Hana Srpova.