Language attitudes and language loyalty of minor language speakers under the conditions of national-Russian bilingualism: the case of Buryats and Tuvans
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https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2020.1.5Keywords:
language situation; language attitudes; language loyalty; bilingualism; Buryat language; Tuvan language; Tuva; BuryatiaAbstract
The article examines the language attitudes and orientations of modern speakers of Buryat and Tuvan languages in Russia (more specifically, in the Republic of Buryatia and the Republic of Tuva). The need for professional and cultural integration of minor language speakers into all-Russian and global space today gradually leads to the transformation of their ethno-linguistic consciousness.
For its empirical base, the study relies on the results of complex sociolinguistic surveys conducted in Buryatia (1999–2000) and in Tuva (2009–2010) according to identical methodology. However, a comparative analysis of language situations in these regions has been carried out for the first time.
Examining the evaluation characteristics of language situations in both regions revealed that the Russian language, which is demographically and functionally dominant, has a huge impact on language loyalty and language attitudes. Under the conditions of national-Russian bilingualism, speakers of minor languages choose the strategy of symbolization of the native language. This fact indirectly confirms the transformation of the linguistic consciousness of small nations. This strategy must have been triggered by adaptation mechanisms, which in their turn have been set in motion by new socio-economic conditions, informatization, and technologization of modern society. The strategy of symbolization indicates that the Russian language for the majority of Buryats and Tuvans has only functional communicative value and carries out the function of an instrumental language.
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Dyrkheeva G. A. and Tsybenova Ch. S. TLanguage attitudes and language loyalty of minor language speakers under the conditions of national-Russian bilingualism: the case of Buryats and Tuvans. The New Research of Tuva, 2020, no. 1 [online] Available at: https://nit.tuva.asia/nit/article/view/905 (access date ... ). DOI: 10.25178/nit.2020.1.5
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Galina A. Dyrkheeva, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Doctor of Philology, Chief Research Fellow, Department of Linguistics, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Postal address: 6 Sakhianova Str., 670047 Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation.
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Chechek S. Tsybenova, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Candidate of Philology, Junior Researcher, Department of Linguistics, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Postal address: 6 Sakhianova Str., 670047 Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation.
Теl.: +7(301-2) 43-35-51.
E-mail: tschechek@mail.ru
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