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Linguistic Justice and English as a Lingua Franca from a Minority Perspective

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Csata Z.

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, European and Regional Studies

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2016

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vol. 9

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issue 1

83-93

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The article is a brief evaluation of the regulatory environment of language use in Transylvania, Romania based on Van Parijs’ conceptual toolkit presented in his 2011 book Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World. This linguistic regime is a coercive hybrid regulation containing elements stemming from both the categorical regime (personality principle) and territoriality. In municipalities or counties where the official use of minority languages is permitted, it is typically present in a conjunctive manner, but its enforcement is weak and inconsistent. The principle of territorially coercive linguistic subdivision – proposed by Van Parijs as an optimal solution for a greater linguistic justice – is not accommodated in any of the fields of official communication and under present political circumstances it has no further plausibility. A hypothetical alternative for the territorially coercive regime would be the introduction of English as a lingua franca in interethnic communication. We argued that this latter option would be fair only if English could entirely replace the official languages currently in use or it would receive a fully equivalent status at least in those regions where a considerable number of linguistic minorities live.

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Gender and Text: How Societal Awareness of Gender and Identity Diversity Changes the Production of Texts – Illustrated with the Example of German

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Scheller-Boltz D.

Academic Journal of Modern Philology

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2023

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issue 19

395-416

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Societies that need to deal with diversity also need to deal with the ways in which their members use texts, conventions for different text types and, consequently, with the production of texts itself. As societies change and become more diverse, texts will have to reflect this change eventually. Yet, how exactly does this social diversity affect our minds? How does the awareness of diversity influence our texts and their production? In this article, I will examine – primarily on the basis of general observations in the press and the media – the current developments in changes in German society. I will discuss social diversity and illustrate the different ways in which these factors influence speakers of German when they produce texts. By using examples from three categories of texts – oral texts, forms of address, job advertisements – I will show changes in text types and their conventions. The result of this study will be that a mix of different denominations or labels can increase the number of people reached, that language can perform substantially more functions and be substantially less discriminatory than is usually assumed, and that at the end of the day, generic masculine forms almost always address male persons exclusively. We will see that text types and their conventions are subject to change, and that this change is still evolving. Where this evolution of text types and their conventions will lead, remains to be seen.

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Міфологізація мовної дійсності в Україні

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Руда О.

Miscellanea Posttotalitariana Wratislaviensia

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2013

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vol. 1: Między pamięcią a zapomnieniem. Trauma postkomunistyczna

123-137

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The article highlights the basic ways some well-paid present-day politiciaus and publicist slant our language issue and structure reality in images. The analysis discloses the elements of propaganda in their tactics as they spread news, arguments, rumours and lies to influence public opinion. The study discredits the fable that the Ukrainians willingly switch from their language to Russian as well as shatters other myths concocted to prove that bilingualism is historically valid, that Ukraine is totally Russianised, that its population is split and polarized, that the Ukrainian language is artificial, inadequate, unspoken and dead. The false images of the situation are meant to impose a radical shift in the language of the Ukrainians and change their citizenship.

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Моўны сорам беларусаў (сацыялінгвістычны аналіз)

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Іваноў У.

Acta Albaruthenica

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2020

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issue 20

169-183

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W artykule poddano analizie zjawisko wstydu językowego wśród Białorusinów w aspekcie socjolingwistycznym. Jest to zagadnienie nowe zarówno w socjolingwistyce jak i językoznawstwie. Wcześniej zjawisko to traktowano jako marginalizację języka. Badanie wstydu językowego opiera się głownie na materiale białoruskim: analizie utworów pisarzy białoruskich, którzy wcześniej niż lingwiści dostrzegali problem, analizie dyskursu prezydenta Białorusi dotyczącego języka białoruskiego i wywiadach z Białorusinami, którzy służyli w wojsku w okresie istnienia ZSRR. Wywiady dokładnie ukazują także interesujący genderowy aspekt zjawiska wstydu językowego: po raz pierwszy analizie poddano wojsko radzieckie jako dodatkową strukturę, która wzbudzała wśród Białorusinów poczucie wstydu do języka ojczystego i kultury. Badanie oparto także na zewnętrznym doświadczeniu podobnego zjawiska: na przykład znany fenomen auto-odi, czy językowej nienawiści Katalończyków i wstydu językowego Ukraińców.

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The article analyzes the phenomenon of linguistic shame among Belarusians from the sociolinguistic point of view. The topic is new in Belarusian socio¬linguistics and linguistics in general, as it was previously was considered mainly as a mere marginalization of the language. The study of linguistic shame is based mainly on Belarusian material: analysis of works by Belarusian writers who described the phenomenon before linguists, analysis of the Belarusian president's discourse on the Belarusian language and interviews with Belarusian men who served in the Sovietera army. The interview reveals an interesting gender aspect of the phenomenon of linguistic shame: for the first time the Soviet army is analyzed as an additional structure that imposed shame on Belarusian men for their language and culture. Also, the study is based on external experiences of this phenomenon: for example, the well-known phenomenon of auto-odi or linguistic hate of oneself of Catalans or linguistic shame of Ukrainians.

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У артыкуле аналізуецца зьява моўнага сораму сярод беларусаў з сацыя-лінгвістычнага пункту гледжаньня. Тэма новая ў беларускай сацыялінгвістыцы і мовазнаўстве наагул, бо раней тэма разглядалася пераважна як проста маргіналізацыя мовы. Дасьледаваньне моўнага сораму базуецца пераважна на беларускім матэрыяле: аналіз твораў беларускіх пісьменьнікаў, якія апісвалі зьяву раней за лінгвістаў, аналіз дыскурсу прэзыдэнта Беларусі аб беларускай мове і інтэрвію зь беларускімі мужчынамі, якія служылі ў войску за савецкім часам. Інтэрвію якраз раскрываюць цікавы гендарны аспэкт зьявы моўнага сораму: упершыню аналізуецца савецкае войска як дадатковая структура, якая навязвала беларускім мужчынам со-рам да сваёй мовы і культуры. Таксама дасьледаваньне абапіраецца на вонкавы досьвед падобнай зьявы: напрыклад, вядомы фэномэн auto-odi ці моўнай саманянавісьці каталёнцаў ды моўны сорам украінцаў.

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Linguistic Justice and English as a Lingua Franca from a Minority Perspective

Gender and Text: How Societal Awareness of Gender and Identity Diversity Changes the Production of Texts – Illustrated with the Example of German

Міфологізація мовної дійсності в Україні

Моўны сорам беларусаў (сацыялінгвістычны аналіз)