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Publication details [#11845]

Druviete, Ina. 1997. Linguistic Human Rights in the Baltic States. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 127 : 161–185. 25 pp.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
ISBN
0165-2516

Annotation

Historical and national developments in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia reveal language policies that have promoted a bilingual society during and after Russian occupation. Pre- and post-independence language policy modifications are discussed. It is emphasized that Russian speakers have more linguistic human rights than minority language speakers do in Western societies. linguistic human rights