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Linguistic and ethnic revival in Russia: From policy to cultural diversity

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The main aim of this project is to determine the reasons for the lack of integration of ethnic groups in Russian society and to establish ways in which cultural diversity can be encouraged via new language policies relating to bilingualism or multilingualism. It offers a broad, in-depth study of the relationship between ethnicity and language policy in Udmurtia, on the one hand, and a comparison of approaches and policies in the EU towards cultural diversity, languages and ethnicity, on the other. Drawing upon the disciplines of linguistics, sociology and social psychology, this project explores three issues: 1. the existing situation in terms of language use, ethnic/cultural attitudes, perceptions of identity and bilingualism; 2. why particular attitudes (as opposed to others) dominate the relationship between attitudes towards language and ethnicity and determine policies in these areas. Emphasis is placed upon the factors - individual, family, network, group, government/media etc - that may be contributing to the construction and/or maintenance of these attitudes and finally, 3. how the current situation can changed via the promotion of the factors that encourage cultural diversity or the removal of obstacles in the way of change. The research methodology will include 1) An in depth case study of one particular region - the Udmurt Republic, Russian Federation; 2) A linguistic analysis, including the use of subjective vitality questionnaires, of language planning and use; 3) A psychological analysis of attitudes towards language and ethnicity; 4) The collection and analysis of public opinion data on inter-ethnic relations in Udmurtia; 5) Interviews with pre-school, primary and secondary school children, university students, parents, teachers and heads of pre, primary and secondary schools; 6) A corpus linguistics analysis of official Russian, Udmurt and EU policy documents on languages, cultural diversity and ethnic integration; and 7) Interviews with key national, regional and local government policy and decision makers connected with linguistic, language ethnic and cultural policy in Russia. The results of the research will be: 1) The development of targeted linguistic, ethnic and cultural and policies, helping Russia to preserve its cultural diversity, to ensure political stability and to reduce the prospect of ethnic conflict and 2) A deeper academic understanding of the impact of Russian reforms on linguistic, cultural and ethnic policy in the more remote parts of Russia and the implications of these policies in Udmurtia; 3) presented to Russian policy-makers at federal and regional level. Results will be disseminated via the internet, at international conferences, through journal articles, book chapters and in a joint book based on this INTAS project

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UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE
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