A Study on Multilingual Practices in the Baltic Countries was published by Tallinn University Press
„Multilingual Practices in the Baltic Countries“ was edited by Anna Verschik, Professor of General Linguistics in the School of Humanities of Tallinn University.
The article collection comprises nine sociolinguistic case-studies on a variety of topics such as linguistic landscapes, family language policy, language in education, language contacts, multilingual internet communication, language ideologies and practices, language maintenance and language shift. The studies address a range of significant questions. What are Russian-speaking teachers’ strategies when teaching their subjects in Estonian? What is behind the decision of Russian-speaking parents to send their children to Latvian-medium school? How some public signs in Latvia become a controversial issue? How linguistic landscapes can be used in foreign language pedagogy? What are similarities and differences in language use of two Latvian-Estonian bilinguals? What happens in Estonian-English-Japanese trilingual communication on Facebook? What does a comparison between Tallinn and Vilnius linguistic landscape tells us? Whether and how Lithuanians in the UK and Norway maintain Lithuania? Do siblings from the same Lithuanian family in Australia have a similar command of Lithuanian? In the book, these topics are discussed by 15 sociolinguists from the universities of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the USA.
The Associate Professor of Western Sydney University Uldis Ozolins said that the book was highly recommended for its clear exposition of trends and its robust theoretically-based approaches. He added: "This state-of-the-art collection on multilingual practices will interest linguists and language policy readers far beyond the Baltic States. It utilises an admirable diversity of methodologies to reveal the significant changes and shifts – as well as some strong continuities – in language practices in a linguistically evolving and increasingly studied multilingual region of the world."
„Multilingual Practices in the Baltic Countries“ was edited by Anna Verschik, Professor of General Linguistics in the School of Humanities of Tallinn University. Authors: Elīna Bone, Solvita Burr, Egle Gudavičienė, Kristina Jakaitė-Bulbukienė, Marleen Kedars, Geidi Kilp, Birute Klaas-Lang, Kadri Koreinik, Sanita Ladziņa, Heiko F. Marten, Merilyn Meristo, Živilė Miežytė, Meilutė Ramoienė and Maris Saagpakk.
The book was published in the series “Acta Universitatis Tallinnensis. Humaniora” of Tallinn University Press.
