Multilingualism, language contact and majority–minority relations in contemporary Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
- This chapter introduces readers to the context and concept of this volume. It starts by providing an historical overview of languages and multilingualism in Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia, highlighting the 100th anniversary of statehood which the three Baltic states are celebrating in 2018. Then, the chapter briefly presents important strands of research on multilingualism in the region throughout the past decades; in particular, questions about language policies and the status of the national languages (Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian) and Russian. It also touches on debates about languages in education and the roles of other languages such as the regional languages of Latgalian and Võro and the changing roles of international languages such as English and German. The chapter concludes by providing short summaries of the contributions to this book.
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| Author: | Sanita LazdiņaORCiDGND, Heiko F. MartenORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-115119 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56914-1_1 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-137-56914-1 |
| Parent Title (English): | Multilingualism in the Baltic States. Societal discourses and contact phenomena |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Place of publication: | London |
| Editor: | Sanita Lazdiņa, Heiko F. Marten |
| Document Type: | Part of a Book |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2019 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2023/02/09 |
| Publishing Institution: | Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) [Zweitveröffentlichung] |
| Publicationstate: | Zweitveröffentlichung |
| Publicationstate: | Postprint |
| Reviewstate: | (Verlags)-Lektorat |
| Tag: | Baltic states; Post-Soviet; language policy; multilingualism; research overview |
| GND Keyword: | Baltikum; Deutsch; Englisch; Estland; Lettland; Litauen; Mehrsprachigkeit; Minderheitensprache; Nationalsprache; Regionalsprache; Russisch; Sprachkontakt; Sprachpolitik; Vorumaisch |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 25 |
| DDC classes: | 400 Sprache / 400 Sprache, Linguistik |
| Open Access?: | ja |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Bilingualismus / Mehrsprachigkeit |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Sprachpolitik |
| Licence (German): |  Urheberrechtlich geschützt |