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The policies relating to language pursued by European monarchies
and states have been widely studied, but far less attention has
been given to their linguistic and cultural policies in territories
outside their own borders. This volume takes an interdisciplinary
approach to filling that gap, distinguishing and analysing several
different types of linguistic and foreign cultural policies. Such
policies, the contributors show, tended not to be proclaimed
officially, but they nonetheless had lasting effects on both
language and culture in Europe and beyond.
-- With support from the Arts and Humanities Research Council of
the UK and the Deutsches Historisches Institut Moskau -- The French
Language in Russia provides the fullest examination and discussion
to date of the adoption of the French language by the elites of
imperial Russia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It
is interdisciplinary, approaching its subject from the angles of
various kinds of history and historical sociolinguistics. Beyond
its bearing on some of the grand narratives of Russian thought and
literature, this book may afford more general insight into the
social, political, cultural, and literary implications and effects
of bilingualism in a speech community over a long period. It should
also enlarge understanding of francophonie as a pan-European
phenomenon. On the broadest plane, it has significance in an age of
unprecedented global connectivity, for it invites us to look beyond
the experience of a single nation and the social groups and
individuals within it in order to discover how languages and the
cultures and narratives associated with them have been shared
across national boundaries.
This book examines the functions of French in various spheres,
domains and genres. This is the first volume of a two volume set
which explores the profound impact of the French language and
culture on Russian high society and consciousness in the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries. Volume 1 provides insights into the
development of the practice of speaking and writing French at the
Russian court and among the Russian nobility from the mid
eighteenth century to the mid nineteenth century, after which the
circle of Russians who continued to use French in Russia was
narrower. In the process, readers will be introduced to a wide
range of types of text. They will also encounter examples of the
impact of the French language on Russian and will reflect on the
practice of code switching and the distinction between bilingualism
and diglossia. It deepens our understanding of the process by which
Russia was integrated into the mainstream of modern European
civilisation. It contributes to knowledge of the development of
national self consciousness in Russia. It extends awareness of the
importance of francophonie in European culture, especially during
the age of the Enlightenment and the Romantic age. It provides an
in depth example of the social and cultural effects of major
language contact. It introduces readers to the discussion of the
positive and negative effects of bilingualism or multilingualism
and biculturalism or multiculturalism.
This multinational collection of essays challenges the traditional
image of a monolingual Ancient Regime in Enlightenment Europe, both
East and West. Its archival research explores the important role
played by selective language use in social life and in the
educational provisions in the early constitution of modern society.
A broad range of case studies show how language was viewed and used
symbolically by social groups - ranging from the nobility to the
peasantry - to develop, express, and mark their identities.
This book explores how knowledge of French helped shape Russian
identities and their views on the Russian language. This is the
second volume in a two volume set which explores the profound
impact of the French language and culture on Russian high society
and consciousness in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Volume 2 provides insights into the ways in which bilingualism was
negotiated at court and among the cosmopolitan high nobility in
Imperial Russia in the Age of Enlightenment and the subsequent
Romantic age, when cultural nationalists began to associate
national essence with the monolingual peasantry. It discusses the
linguistic means by which Russian social, political and cultural
identities began to be created and explores the part played by
foreign language use in stimulating the enrichment and
standardisation of the Russian vernacular and in encouraging the
development of a firm sense of national identity and early Russian
nationalism. It deepens our understanding of the process by which
Russia was integrated into the mainstream of modern European
civilisation. It contributes to knowledge of the development of
national self consciousness in Russia. It extends awareness of the
importance of francophonie in European culture, especially during
the age of the Enlightenment and the Romantic age. It provides an
in depth example of the social and cultural effects of major
language contact. It also introduces readers to the discussion of
the positive and negative effects of bilingualism or
multilingualism and biculturalism or multiculturalism.
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