Perspectives on Language Attitudes and Use in Lithuania's Multilingual Setting

Autor/inn/en	Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle; Ramoniene, Meilute
Titel	Perspectives on Language Attitudes and Use in Lithuania's Multilingual Setting
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 26 (2005) 5, S.425-441 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
Schlagwörter	Language Planning; Language Attitudes; Multilingualism; Foreign Countries; Indo European Languages; Citizenship; Legislation; Minority Groups; Surveys; Russian; Polish; Lithuania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachwechsel; Sprachverhalten; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ausland; Indoeuropäisch; Staatsbürgerschaft; Gesetzgebungslehre; Ethnische Minderheit; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Russisch; Polnisch; Litauen
Abstract	EU accession negotiations have impacted on and generated ongoing interest in Baltic language and citizenship legislation. There is however no detailed knowledge of prevailing language attitudes amongst mainstream and minority populations in Lithuania. This paper investigates attitudes to minority language use and to the (officially reinstated) state language, and considers aspects of linguistic identification in the historically densely multilingual and multiethnic areas of Eastern and South-Eastern Lithuania. Our findings, based on newly acquired data from a major survey, show that although language loyalties are complex, attitudes towards Lithuanian are overall positive. Moreover, the results also point to the potential development of relatively stable bilingualism (for Lithuanians and Russians) and trilingualism (for Poles) in this region. (Contains 6 tables and 11 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10