Belarusian as an endangered language: Can the mother tongue of an independent state be made to die?

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 511-528

  Smolicz, Jerzy J ^a,b   Radzik, Ryszard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Institute of Political Studies   (Poland)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Belarusian language; Core values of culture; Language policy; Language shift; Mother tongue; Nation state; National identity

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; LANGUAGE; NATION STATE; STATE BUILDING;

BELARUS; EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11244294961     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-0593(03)00072-5     Document Type: Article

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