Language Choice and Identity of Karelian and Belarusian Youth (according to Polls of Ethnic Leaders)
https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2020-10-96-113
Abstract
A new perspective on the analysis of the linguistic and ethnocultural situation in the Republic of Karelia and the Republic of Belarus is offered in the study. The novelty of the study is seen in the fact that, taking into account various initial parameters — geographic distance, form of government, language status — it is proposed to compare the situation in two regions, in which a general tendency is found due to the dominant position of the Russian language. The main attention is paid to clarifying the ethnic well-being of people, to varying degrees, involved in the processes of preserving language and culture. An interpretation and comparison of the reasons for the preference of the Russian language in the network space and in real life is proposed. The article is based on the results of a survey of the translators of the Vkontakte social network interface, materials from biographical interviews with ethnic leaders, and observation data on ethnically oriented events in the regions under consideration. The difference in linguistic attitudes and real practices of using the Karelian and Belarusian languages by activists was revealed. The linguistic reasons (the level of linguistic competence) and the psychological aspect of the ethno-linguistic component in the choice of the dominant language in Karelia and Belarus have been determined.
Supporting agencies: The study was carried out with the financial support of the RFBR and the BRFFR within the framework of a scientific project № 19-59-04004 и № Г19РМ-059.
About the Authors
Ju. V. Litvin
Literature and History of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Julia V. Litvin, Researcher, Institute of Linguistics
Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia
M. V. Kundozerova
Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Maria V. Kundozerova, Researcher
Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia
S. V. Lipnitskaya
Yakub Kolas Institute of Linguistics Branch, The Center for the Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature researches of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Sviatlana V. Lipnitskaya, Junior Researcher
Minsk
A. N. Izerhina
The Center for the Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature researches of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Alena N. Izerhina, Researcher
Minsk
Ya. S. Shevchenko
The Center for the Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature researches of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Belarus
Belarus
Yana S. Shevchenko, Researcher
Minsk
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Litvin J.V., Kundozerova M.V., Lipnitskaya S.V., Izerhina A.N., Shevchenko Ya.S. Language Choice and Identity of Karelian and Belarusian Youth (according to Polls of Ethnic Leaders). Nauchnyi dialog. 2020;1(10):96-113. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2020-10-96-113
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