Multilingualism in Post-Soviet Countries

by Aneta Pavlenko

The dissolution of the USSR has created conditions for a unique sociolinguistic experiment, in which fourteen countries, previously united by the same language and political system, engaged in a nation-building process, creating new linguistic regimes. Two decades later, how did these countries fare in their struggle to initiate a shift from Russian to the titular languages? Which ones succeeded and which ones restored Russian as an official language?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847690874
• ISBN13: 9781847690876
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.8"