LANGUAGE ACTIVISM IN RUSSIA: PREREQUISITES AND FORMS OF EXISTENCE

• Main Author: Kaplunova, Maria Ya.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: St Petersburg State University 2023
• Subjects: languages of Russia; language policy; language situation; language activism; language enthusiasts; Arctic; Sakha; Subarctic; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.21638/2782-1943.2022.20; http://hdl.handle.net/11701/41520

One of the topical areas of study of modern Russian sociolinguistics is the theory of language activism, which, as a rule, correlates with the activities oriented towards languages that are not supported de jure or are not efficiently supported de facto to maintain their functioning in various areas of communication. The article discusses approaches to the definition of the concept of language activism, analyzes the prerequisites for the emergence of the language activism in the Russian Federation and the forms of its existence. In this analysis, the author relies on the field sociolinguistic research conducted within the period of 2021–2022 on the territory of the Republic of Tyva and Sakha (Yakutia). This research was funded by the grant No. 075-15-2021-616 from the government of the Russian Federation for the project “Preservation of Linguistic and Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Development of the Arctic and Subarctic of the Russian Federation”