Minority language as identity factor

Case study of young Russian speakers in Lviv

Bibliographic Data

ID4801324
AuthorsAnna Wylegała (0000-0001-5575-4123, Center for Social and Economic Research, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume2010
Issue201
Publication date2010-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of the Sociology of Language (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0165-2516 • E-ISSN: 1613-3668
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ijsl.2010.003
OpenAlexW2072458967
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited3

This article presents the results of qualitative research conducted among representatives of young Russian-speaking intelligentsia in Lviv. After introducing the historical background and the current language situation of the city, it examines the role and status of the minority and majority languages in the language practices of the interviewees. Other issues addressed in this text are cultural and ethnic/national identifications, and their relationship with language practice and language identification. The results of the research illustrate that in this particular group of interviewees, there was a tendency to integrate into the majority Ukrainian culture, and in some cases, to change identification. For some, cultural identification was double and did not always correspond with an ethnic or national identification; however, another part of the group preserved both language and ethnic distinction. Also of importance was the existence of a group with a marginal identification, in this case those who felt neither Russian nor Ukrainian

Cultural identity · Ethnic group · Intelligentsia · Linguistics · Minority language · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Ukrainian · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Language and Culture · Law · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies

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