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  • January 8, 2013
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SELECTION OF STATE LANGUAGE AS TOPICAL PROBLEM OF LANGUAGE POLICY

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Abstract

In modern world the majority of states are multinational. In such states, the problem of selecting the state (official) language is central in many debates. Therefore, at present there is a large number of scientific researches devoted to the process of selecting the state (official) language in a multicultural state. The author analyzes the researches of such kinds, and also considers the various models of the solution to this problem, as well as the criteria that allow facilitating the selection of state (official) language.

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Irina Ivanovna Skachkova

Russian Academy of National Economy and State Service (Branch in Volgograd)

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  • Published: January 8, 2013.

Keywords

  • одноязычие
  • миноритарные языки
  • этнические сообщества
  • многоязычие
  • официальный язык
  • языковая политика
  • monolingualism
  • minority languages
  • ethnic communities
  • multilingualism
  • official language
  • language policy

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