Multilingualism in Post-Soviet CountriesAneta Pavlenko In the past two decades, post-Soviet countries have emerged as a contested linguistic space, where disagreements over language and education policies have led to demonstrations, military conflicts and even secession. This collection offers an up-to-date comparative analysis of language and education policies and practices in post-Soviet countries. |
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Multilingualism in PostSoviet Countries Language | 1 |
Language Management | 41 |
A Tense and Shifting Balance | 66 |
Uneasy Compromise Language and Education | 99 |
Language | 122 |
Estonianization Efforts PostIndependence | 149 |
Language Policies of Kazakhization and Their | 166 |
Language and Education Policies | 227 |
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