<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of paper is to research language situation and language policy of Central Asia republics of ex-Soviet Union. First part is devoted to political, ethnical and national changes in ex-Soviet republics and to the conditions before and after 1989. Second part of the work is researching language situation in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kirgizstan and is directed to mapping of aspects of derusification and revitalization of local languages. The third part of the work is focused on analyse of language situation and language policy in Tajikistan in the context of wider social and historical connections, it is also directed to research correlation and status of Russian and Tajik languages in respective areas of public life.</p></abstract>

The aim of paper is to research language situation and language policy of Central Asia republics of ex-Soviet Union. First part is devoted to political, ethnical and national changes in ex-Soviet republics and to the conditions before and after 1989. Second part of the work is researching language situation in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kirgizstan and is directed to mapping of aspects of derusification and revitalization of local languages. The third part of the work is focused on analyse of language situation and language policy in Tajikistan in the context of wider social and historical connections, it is also directed to research correlation and status of Russian and Tajik languages in respective areas of public life.

Stredná Ázia Po Roku 1991: Jazyková Situácia A Politika /  Central Asia after the year 1991: Language Situation and Policy

Katedra ruského jazyka a literatúry Filozofickej fakulty Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave

Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný casopis

The aim of paper is to research language situation and language policy of Central Asia republics of ex-Soviet Union. First part is devoted to political,...

Stredná Ázia Po Roku 1991: Jazyková Situácia A Politika / Central Asia after the year 1991: Language Situation and Policy

Published Online: Feb 20, 2013

Page range: 53 - 67

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10113-011-0018-2

Keywords
Language policy, Language law, National language, Derusification, Bilingualism

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