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ERIC Number: EJ541078
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0267-1905
Acculturation and Communicative Mobility Among Former Soviet Nationalities.
Haarmann, Harald; Holman, Eugene
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, v17 p113-37 1997
Discusses the strategies that the former Soviet states are evolving to balance the interests of dominant ethnic groups with those of linguistic minorities while constructing a national identity, highlighting language policy in action and focusing on acculturation processes and geographic mobility among groups. A case study of Estonia is also presented. Includes a six-item annotated bibliography. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Communication Problems, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Geographic Distribution, Identification (Psychology), Intercultural Communication, Language Planning, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Migration, Minority Groups, Multilingualism, Nationalism, Political Influences
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Estonia; Former Soviet Union
Note: Theme issue: "Multilingualism."