Group vitality is a widely invoked construct in the study of minority language maintenance
and interethnic relations. Per the original framework introduced 40 years ago, the more …

There are myriad grossly different intergroup settings, each with their own unique histories,
demographics, tensions and so forth. In this chapter, we elaborate upon a prior conceptual …

The paper relates the results of an ethnolinguistic vitality (ELV) survey among the Kashubs
in Poland. The results reveal two interrelated layers of ELV:(1) an individual ELV reflected in …

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, nation building and identity construction in the post-
socialist region have been the subject of extensive academic research. The majority of these …

This article examines the extent to which history forms national identity among Latvian youth.
Being a multiethnic country, Latvia provides a unique opportunity to study the role of history …

The adjacency pair is the most basic and normatively accountable sequential structure in
interaction. This structure can be expanded through pre-sequences, insert-sequences, and …

This article provides an overview of the language problems in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Social and theoretical deconstruction of the Soviet ethno-cultural monolith has led to …

This article presents an empirical analysis of patterns of individual multilingualism in Estonia
based on 2015 survey results. We hypothesize that individual multilingualism is situated at …

Speakers with standard accents are typically judged more favorably than non-standard
speakers, but this may shift in response to perceived intergroup conflict with ethnolinguistic …

Despite numerous positive aspects of the global development of language-as-right
orientation, we argue that its application is rooted in methodological nationalism, ie the idea …