Local Language Planners in the Context of Early Soviet Language Policy : The Case of Mariupol Greeks
The Early Soviet policy was oriented to promote minority languages’ use in education, publishing, and local administration ; then in the end of the 1930s there was a shift toward Russification. Mariupol, or Azov Greeks, were moved from Crimea to Azov Sea region in the late 18th century. Linguistical...
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| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Revue des études slaves
2018
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| Acceso en liña: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | The Early Soviet policy was oriented to promote minority languages’ use in education, publishing, and local administration ; then in the end of the 1930s there was a shift toward Russification. Mariupol, or Azov Greeks, were moved from Crimea to Azov Sea region in the late 18th century. Linguistically they can be divided into two groups : Turkish-speaking (Urumy) and Greek-speaking (Rumei). Both groups were classified as Greeks by the Soviet official nomenclature, however their native languages were taken into account in schools in 1920-1930. Paper focuses on individual efforts of language planners in the frame of Micro Language Planning. The data used in this study comes from archive documents (1918-late 1930s). Two procedures which are of special interest in the Mariupol Greek context are language selection in the community with two native languages and communication with activist from other Greek groups. The case of Mariupol Greeks shows how language planning emerges from biographical experiences and ideological discourse shared by the actors. |
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