The pre-modern period saw a background of inter-ethnic strife among Arabs and non-Arabs,
mainly Persians. Starting from the symbolic and cognitive roles of language, Yasir Suleiman …

The aim of this article is to shed light on the process of nation-building and the formation of
national identity in post-Soviet Azerbaijan. The peculiarity of Azerbaijani nation-building is …

The breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 reminded many that “Soviet” and “Russian” were
not synonymous, but this distinction continues to be overlooked when discussing Soviet …

Changing national alphabets is significant and controversial because of its connection to the
legitimation of power in the past and present. Writing system revisions in Central Asia …

This study examines the language policy of independent Azerbaijan in relation to national
identity. Azerbaijan is an independent multi-ethnic republic and has implemented its own …

This paper examines the linguistic features of Korean-language publications issued in the
Russian Far East (RFE) between 1922 and 1937, the year all Koreans in the RFE were …

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the newly independent Azerbaijan has entered its
nation-building process. Azerbaijani political elites aimed to re-form national identity through …

The study of language and script change among the Turkic communities of the Soviet Union
often focuses on the switch from Arabic to Latin scripts. Less attention is paid to adaptations …

Approximately 250 nursery schools and 600 schools were destroyed during the First
Karabakh War in Azerbaijan in 1988–94, interrupting the education of over 210,000 school …

Apesar das visões dos movimentos separatistas etnonacionalistas de criar novos estados
para proteger as suas línguas étnicas oprimidas em contextos de estados dominantes …