Moser Language Policy and Discourse on Languages in Ukraine Under President Viktor Yanukovych

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-3-8382-6497-4
Verlag: ibidem
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 122, 506 Seiten, E-Book, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm

Reihe: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society

Declared the country's official language in 1996, Ukrainian has weathered constant challenges by post-Soviet political forces promoting Russian. Michael Moser provides the definitive account of the policies and ethno-political dynamics underlying this unique cultural struggle.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moser, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachpolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction
1. Loyalty toward the small large language
2. The European Charter of Regional or Minority Languages in Ukraine
3. Viktor Yanukovych and the Ukrainian language
4. The Russian World and the "compatriots"
5. The hawk in Ukrainian language policy: Vadym Kolesnichenko
6. Dmytro Tabachnyk and the Ukrainian language in the educational sphere
7. Olena Bondarenko and the Ukrainian language in the electronic media
8. The draft law of 7 September 2010
9. Anticipating the law: Serhiy Kivalov, the Constitutional Court, and the Ukrainian language in the courts of law
10. Vadym Kolesnichenko's and Serhiy Kivalov's draft law "On Principles of the State Language Policy"
11. Summary and outlook
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Michael Moser is Professor of Slavic Linguistics and Philology at the University of Vienna, Ukrainian Free University at Munich, and Pázmány Péter Catholic University at Budapest. He has more than 250 publications to his name.