Politics of language in the ex-Soviet Muslim states
Subtitle: Azerbayjan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan
By: Jacob M. Landau, Barbara Kellner-Heinkele.
Contributors: Kellner-Heinkele, Barbara.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Language planning -- Asia, Central.; Language planning -- Azerbaijan.; Asia, Central -- Languages -- Political aspects.; Azerbaijan -- Languages -- Political aspects.
Description: xiv, 260 p. : 23 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Language and the Search for Identity; title: 2. The Advent ofthe Independent Muslim States; title: Azerbayjan; title: Uzbekistan; title: Kazakhstan; title: Kyrgyzstan; title: Turkmenistan; title: Tajikistan; title: 3. Language Issues: the Russian Diaspora; title: Azerbayjan; title: Uzbekistan; title: Kazakhstan; title: Kyrgyzstan; title: Turkmenistan; title: Tajikistan; title: 4. Language Politics: the Soviet Era; title: 5. Language Politics: the Independent Republics; title: De-Russification as a major issue; title: Monolingualism, bilingualism, multilingualism; title: Institutional andpublic discourse on language policy; title: Azerbayjan; title: Uzbekistan; title: Kazakhstan; title: Kyrgyzstan; title: Turkmenistan; title: Tajikistan; title: 6. Language Laws and Decrees; title: Azerbayjan; title: Uzbekistan; title: Kazakhstan; title: Kyrgyzstan; title: Turkmenistan; title: Tajikistan; title: 7. Alphabet Change and its Implementation; title: The issue of alphabet change; title: The campaign for a common language and script; title: Azerbayjan; title: Uzbekistan; title: Kazakhstan; title: Kyrgyzstan; title: Turkmenistan; title: Tajikistan; title: 8. Lexical and Orthographic Intervention; title: Language intervention in the six new states; title: Azerbayjan; title: Uzbekistan; title: Kazakhstan; title: Kyrgyzstan; title: Turkmenistan; title: Tajikistan; title: 9. Language of Instruction and Language Instruction; title: Azerbayjan; title: Uzbekistan; title: Kazakhstan; title: Kyrgyzstan; title: Turkmenistan; title: Tajikistan; title: Textbooks; title: .Azerbayjan; title: Uzbekistan; title: Kazakhstan; title: Kyrgyzstan; title: Turkmenistan; title: Tajikistan; title: 10. Conclusion: New Solutions, Old Problems; title: References; title: Index.