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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_3898
dc.contributor.author	Artoni Daniele
dc.contributor.author	Longo Sabrina
dc.title	The Prospect of the Russian Language in Georgia. Insights from the Educated Youth
dc.type	Capitolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the status of the Russian language in the new-born Republics became a central issue. In the Southern Caucasus, all the Constitutions promulgated by the three Republics opted for ethnocentric language policies that accepted the titular language as the only State Language. However, the role of the Russian language as a lingua franca remained crucial for international communication and everyday interaction. It followed that it continued to play an important role also in education. The present study focuses on Georgia, where a strong derussification policy has taken place in the last decades and aims at understanding to what extent the use of Russian among the young generations has contracted. In particular, we present an analysis conducted on data collected via (i) a survey for young people consisting of questions on their sociolinguistic background and a proficiency test in Russian, and (ii) semi-structured interviews for teachers of Russian and English as Foreign Languages on the research topics.
dc.relation.ispartof	Eurasiatica
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-10-22
dc.dateAccepted	2020-06-29
dc.dateSubmitted	2020-05-02
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-454-7/the-prospect-of-the-russian-language-in-georgia-in/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-453-0/009
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8879
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9433
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-454-7
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-453-0
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Derussification
dc.subject	Derussification
dc.subject	Georgia
dc.subject	Georgia
dc.subject	Language policy
dc.subject	Language policy
dc.subject	Russian FL
dc.subject	Russian FL
dc.subject	Sociolinguistics
dc.subject	Sociolinguistics

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The Prospect of the Russian Language in Georgia. Insights from the Educated Youth

Daniele Artoni Università degli Studi di Verona, Italia

Sabrina Longo Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italia

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abstract

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the status of the Russian language in the new-born Republics became a central issue. In the Southern Caucasus, all the Constitutions promulgated by the three Republics opted for ethnocentric language policies that accepted the titular language as the only State Language. However, the role of the Russian language as a lingua franca remained crucial for international communication and everyday interaction. It followed that it continued to play an important role also in education. The present study focuses on Georgia, where a strong derussification policy has taken place in the last decades and aims at understanding to what extent the use of Russian among the young generations has contracted. In particular, we present an analysis conducted on data collected via (i) a survey for young people consisting of questions on their sociolinguistic background and a proficiency test in Russian, and (ii) semi-structured interviews for teachers of Russian and English as Foreign Languages on the research topics.

Pubblicato

22 Ottobre 2020

Accettato

29 Giugno 2020

Presentato

02 Maggio 2020

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ISBN (PRINT)

978-88-6969-454-7

ISBN (EBOOK)

978-88-6969-453-0

Keywords: Sociolinguistics • Language policy • Derussification • Russian FL • Georgia

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