Representations of Karelians and the Karelian language in Karelian and Russian local newspapers

The paper presents the results of a critical discourse analysis study conducted on two Karelian and two Russian local newspapers that are regularly published in the Republic of Karelia. Minority language media is often considered an important tool in minority language preservation. This paper focuse...

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Published in:Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics
Main Author: Outi Tánczos
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Estonian
Published: University of Tartu Press 2015
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.12697/jeful.2015.6.1.06
https://doaj.org/article/8e2453aa1eae4d8bac37746b61b417d6
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Summary:The paper presents the results of a critical discourse analysis study conducted on two Karelian and two Russian local newspapers that are regularly published in the Republic of Karelia. Minority language media is often considered an important tool in minority language preservation. This paper focuses on representations of the Karelian language and culture in both minority and mainstream newspapers and the effects that these representations may have on the preservation and revitalisation efforts of Karelian.