Choosing a Mother Tongue - The Politics of Language and Identity in Ukraine

This book investigates narrative accounts of language and politics in Ukraine, including the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war, providing a detailed analysis of how national and linguistic identity are discursively renegotiated during a time of mass conflict. It examines connections between language, identity and politics in Ukraine and the diaspora.

About the author

Corinne A. Seals is a Senior Lecturer of Applied Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Product details

• Authors: Corinne A Seals, Corinne A. Seals
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.10.2019
• EAN: 9781788924993
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-499-3
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 492 g
• Series: Multilingual Matters
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Ukraine, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Nationalism, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements