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Heiko F. Marten – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
This paper discusses contemporary societal roles of German in the Baltic states (Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania). Speaker and learner statistics and a summary of sociolinguistic research (Linguistic Landscapes, language learning motivation, language policies, international roles of languages) suggest that German has by far fewer speakers and functions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, German, Official Languages, Sociolinguistics
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Soler-Carbonell, Josep; Saarinen, Taina; Kibbermann, Kerttu – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
This article analyses language policies in higher education (HE) in Finland, Estonia, and Latvia, as well as the European Union (EU). We take a multilayered approach to language policies in order to illuminate the intertwined nature of local, national, and international language policies in HE. We are particularly interested in the construction of…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle; Ozolins, Uldis; Ramoniene, Meilute; Rannut, Mart – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2008
This monograph provides an overview of the language situation in the three Baltic countries: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It examines the recent change in language regimes that the Baltic States have deliberately brought about since the restitution of their independence, the nature of these changes, the opposition they have engendered and the…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Official Languages, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries