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This article discusses the situation of the Latgalian language in Latvia today. It first provides an overview of languages in Latvia, followed by a historical and contemporary sketch of the societal position of Latgalian and by an account of current Latgalian language activism. On this basis, the article then applies schemes of language functions and of evaluations of the societal position of minority languages to Latgalian. Given the range of functions that Latgalian fulfils today and the wishes and attempts by activists to expand these functions, the article argues that it is surprising that so little attention is given to Latgalian in mainstream Latvian and international sociolinguistic publications. In this light, the fate of the language is difficult to prognose, but a lot depends on whether the Latvian state will clarify its own unclear perception of policies towards Latgalian and on how much attention it will receive in the future.
This paper discusses how the regional language of Latgalian in Latvia has benefitted from societal discourse on the antagonism between speakers of Latvian and Russian in Latvia. Triggered by the 2012 referendum on Russian as a possible second state language of Latvia, Latvian politics (exemplified by politicians' statements since 2012 as well as by 2014 election manifestoes) as well as society at large (displayed by e.g. increased attention in the educational sector and the media) have started to devote considerably more attention to the region of Latgale, including its cultural and linguistic heritage. The paper thereby argues that speakers of Latgalian have gained a noteworthy increase in voice, even though the future of the variety is still considered to be uncertain.
Die Europäische Gemeinschaft (seit 1994 Europäische Union) betreibt Integrationspolitik vor allem über Texte abgestufter Rechtsverbindlichkeit; dazu zählen als vorbereitende Rechtsakte die Stellungnahmen des Wirtschafts- und Sozialausschusses. Verfahren und Probleme ihrer Genese werden in diesem Buch anhand von vier Fallstudien beschrieben. Wesentlich ist dabei die situative Mehrsprachigkeit, da Delegierte nach der Amts- und Arbeitssprachenregelung der EU ihre Muttersprache benutzen und sich mit Hilfe von Übersetzern und Dolmetschern verständigen. Zusätzlich von Bedeutung sind Schriftlichkeit/Mündlichkeit, Intertextualität, institutionelle sowie interkulturelle Kommunikation. Die Studie beschäftigt sich mit der Semantik und Pragmatik von Schlüsselwörtern europäischer Integration und zeigt Perspektiven einer zukünftigen EU-Sprachpolitik auf. Sie nimmt damit differenziert Stellung zur Rolle des Deutschen als Amts- und Arbeitssprache der Europäischen Union.