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Journal of Language and Politics
Vol. 16:2 (2017) ► pp.313–333

Uzbek re-modeled

Russian loanwords in post-soviet Uzbek media

 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This study investigates the relationship between Russian language use and language planning in the context of newly independent, post-soviet Uzbekistan (1991–1992). It is guided by the question: In what ways does the use of Russian loanwords in Uzbek language newspapers accomplish language planning in newly independent Uzbekistan? The main finding from this analysis is that post-independence use of Russian loanwords from particular semantic classes in particular contexts reinforce overtly stated ideologies about Russian and construct difference between soviet Uzbekistan and independent Uzbekistan. These findings demonstrate the need to reexamine the role of Russian language in post-soviet contexts, and they contribute a unique approach to analyzing links between lexical items and ideology in language planning.
Keywords: language planning, post-soviet, language ideology, national identity, loanwords, Russian, Uzbek
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Language planning
    • 2.1Theoretical framework
  • 3.The Uzbek context
  • 4.The current study
    • 4.1Counting and classification
    • 4.2Context
  • 5.Results and discussion
    • 5.1Results and discussion part I: Language ideologies
    • 5.2Results and discussion part II
      • 5.2.1Decrease in use of Russian loanwords
      • 5.2.2Maintenance of Russian loanwords
      • 5.2.3Restricted use for Russian loanwords
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References


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