The Soft Power of the Russian Language

Pluricentricity, Politics and Policies

Bibliographic Data

ID19939005
AuthorsArto S Mustajoki, E I͡U Protasova, Maria N Yelenevskaya
EditorsArto Mustajoki (0000-0002-6609-7090), Ekaterina Protassova (0000-0002-8271-4909), Maria Yelenevskaya (0000-0001-7155-8755)
Year2019
Publication date2019-06-12
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueSoft Power of the Russian Language (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780429061110
OpenAlexW2952835666
Open LibraryOL40087169M
ISBN9780429061110
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDsSKbwgEACAAJ
LanguageEN
Citations received10

Exploring Russian as a pluricentric language, this book provides a panoramic view of its use within and outside the nation and discusses the connections between language, politics, ideologies, and cultural contacts. Russian is widely used across the former Soviet republics and in the diaspora, but speakers outside Russia deviate from the metropolis in their use of the language and their attitudes towards it. Using country case studies from across the former Soviet Union and beyond, the contributors analyze the unifying role of the Russian language for developing transnational connections and show its value in the knowledge economy. They demonstrate that centrifugal developments of Russian and its pluricentricity are grounded in the language and education policies of their host countries, as well as the goals and functions of cultural institutions, such as schools, media, travel agencies, and others created by aemigraes for their co-ethnics. This book also reveals the tensions between Russia's attempts to homogenize the 'Russian world' and the divergence of regional versions of Russian reflecting cultural hybridity of the diaspora. Interdisciplinary in its approach, this book will prove useful to researchers of Russian and post-Soviet politics, Russian studies, Russian language and culture, linguistics, and immigration studies. Those studying multilingualism and heritage language teaching may also find it interesting

Archaeology · Linguistics · Physics · Power (physics) · Soft power · History · Philosophy · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia

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