Space for all? European perspectives on minority languages and identity
Edited by Dawn Archer, Christopher Williams and Paul Fryer
Special issue of Pragmatics and Society 4:2 (2013) v, 130 pp.
Christopher Williams
List of John Benjamins publications for which Christopher Williams plays a role.
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Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Articles
2013 Constructing a shared history, space and destiny: The children’s readerUdmurtia Forever with Russia Space for all? European perspectives on minority languages and identity, Archer, Dawn, Christopher Williams and Paul Fryer (eds.), pp. 200–220 | Article
The children’s reader, Udmurtiia naveki s Rossiei, celebrates the “450th anniversary of the voluntary entry of Udmurtia into the Russian State structure”. Published in Russian, one of its aims is to familiarize young children (aged 10 and under) with “key events” in Udmurt-Russian relations leading… read more
2013 Introduction: A linguistic/discursive space for all? Perspectives on minority languages and identity across Europe Space for all? European perspectives on minority languages and identity, Archer, Dawn, Christopher Williams and Paul Fryer (eds.), pp. 127–136 | Miscellaneous
2013 From a restricted to full linguistic space: An ‘affirmative action’ strategy for the Udmurt language Space for all? European perspectives on minority languages and identity, Archer, Dawn, Christopher Williams and Paul Fryer (eds.), pp. 221–239 | Article
This study analyzes the long-term reasons why Udmurt occupies a restricted linguistic space in the post-Soviet state – the low status of Udmurt, due to Soviet language and other policies; urbanization; population shifts; myths and stereotypes about Udmurts; making Russian compulsory after 1938 –… read more
