Russian and English:minority languages in Europe?
The term ‘minority’ for an ethno-linguistically defined group residing in an ethno-linguistically ‘foreign’ nation-state was firmly introduced to the lexicon of international relations and international law after the Great War. In these spheres the term was limited to central Europe, where the Wilso...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/5665008a-d4fa-4330-a5a8-2d5cd1c4a9b8 2023-05-15T16:29:21+02:00 Russian and English:minority languages in Europe? Kamusella, Tomasz 2021-06-22 https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/russian-and-english(5665008a-d4fa-4330-a5a8-2d5cd1c4a9b8).html https://doi.org/10.19195/0137-1150.174.11 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Kamusella , T 2021 , ' Russian and English : minority languages in Europe? ' , Slavica Wratislaviensia , vol. 174 , pp. 137-150 . https://doi.org/10.19195/0137-1150.174.11 Council of Europe Minorities Minority rights Language rights Minority languages Imperialism Imperial languages Postimperial languages article 2021 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.19195/0137-1150.174.11 2021-12-26T14:38:46Z The term ‘minority’ for an ethno-linguistically defined group residing in an ethno-linguistically ‘foreign’ nation-state was firmly introduced to the lexicon of international relations and international law after the Great War. In these spheres the term was limited to central Europe, where the Wilsonian principle of ethno-linguistically defined national self-determination was actually applied. In turn, this term yielded the legally enshrined collocation ‘minority language.’ After the end of communism, both terms have become the basis for formulating and implementing minority rights in the Council of Europe’s space, from Greenland and Lisbon to Vladivostok and Kamchatka. However, using the terms ‘minority’ and ‘minority language’ for characterizing Russophone groups living outside Russia seems to make little sense. Otherwise, we should also talk about English as a minority language and of Anglophone communities strewn across today’s Europe as minorities. But we do not, because English is not connected to a single nation-state, and its (post-)imperial and hegemonic character cannot be genuinely described as ‘minoritarian’ in its character. The same is true of Russian, though its hegemonic status is largely limited to the post-Soviet states (alongside Mongolia and Israel). Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Kamchatka University of St Andrews: Research Portal Greenland Slavica Wratislaviensia 174 137 150 |
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The term ‘minority’ for an ethno-linguistically defined group residing in an ethno-linguistically ‘foreign’ nation-state was firmly introduced to the lexicon of international relations and international law after the Great War. In these spheres the term was limited to central Europe, where the Wilsonian principle of ethno-linguistically defined national self-determination was actually applied. In turn, this term yielded the legally enshrined collocation ‘minority language.’ After the end of communism, both terms have become the basis for formulating and implementing minority rights in the Council of Europe’s space, from Greenland and Lisbon to Vladivostok and Kamchatka. However, using the terms ‘minority’ and ‘minority language’ for characterizing Russophone groups living outside Russia seems to make little sense. Otherwise, we should also talk about English as a minority language and of Anglophone communities strewn across today’s Europe as minorities. But we do not, because English is not connected to a single nation-state, and its (post-)imperial and hegemonic character cannot be genuinely described as ‘minoritarian’ in its character. The same is true of Russian, though its hegemonic status is largely limited to the post-Soviet states (alongside Mongolia and Israel). |
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