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As much as scholars of Baltic Studies always claim independence for the languages and literature it involves, it is evident that the Baltic and Slavic languages and literature have been and still are in latent contact and exchange. The historical processes had led to interwoven but distinct cultural spheres `on the border.' Our interdisciplinary collection of essays follows several borderlines: Teresa Dalecka (University of Vilnius) discusses the Polish literature in Lithuania since 1990 and the environment that created it. Stephan Kessler (University of Greifswald) sketches a framework of narration and applies it to a story written by Maks Fraj who lives in Lithuania but is from Odessa by origin. Anna Stankeviča, Inna Dvorecka, and Jekaterina Gusakova (each from the University of Daugavpils) give an overview of Latvia's Russophone book market and analyse Vadim Vernik's formula fiction. Sergei Kruk (Stradiņš University in Rīga) discusses the Latvian concept of linguistic integration that roots in the romantic notions of social homogeneity and language as being a shibboleth for successful integration. Nicole Nau (University of Poznań) highlights four techniques for the integration of Slavic verbs and verbal derivational affixes into Latgalian, based on material from the 19th to the 21st century. Anastasija Kostiučenko (University of Greifswald), investigates how the concept of hybridity can be used to describe and better understand the language area and identity issues in Southeast Lithuania.

Narratology --- Contact Linguistics --- Polish Literature --- Russian Literature --- Language Policy

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This text offers a critical perspective to the proliferation of official multilingualism in the contemporary world. Through diachronic and synchronic comparisons, it shows that official multilingualism has become a norm in the political management of linguistic diversity, but actual practices vary according to sociohistorical contexts and current power dynamics.

Linguistic rights. --- Multilingualism. --- Linguistic minorities --- Law --- Discrimination in language. --- Language policy. --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Language.

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English language --- Language policy --- Study and teaching --- Spoken English --- Iran --- Languages --- Political aspects.

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This open access book is a novel contribution in two ways: It is a multi-disciplinary examination of the indigenous South Saami people in Fennoscandia, a social and cultural group that often is overlooked as it is a minority within the Saami minority. Based on both historical material such as archaeological evidence, 20th century newspapers, and postcard motives as well as current sources such as ongoing land-right trials and recent works of historiography, the articles highlight the culture and living conditions of this indigenous group, mapping the negotiations of different identities through the interaction of Saami and non-Saami people through the ages. By illuminating this under-researched field, the volume also enriches the more general debate on global indigenous history, and sheds light on the construction of a Scandinavian identity and the limits of the welfare state and the myth of heterogeneity and equality.

Scandinavian languages. --- Linguistic anthropology. --- Language policy. --- Archaeology. --- Scandinavian. --- Linguistic Anthropology. --- Language Policy and Planning. --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Glottopolitics --- Institutional linguistics --- Language and languages --- Language and state --- Languages, National --- Languages, Official --- National languages --- Official languages --- State and language --- Communication policy --- Language planning --- Anthropo-linguistics --- Ethnolinguistics --- Language and ethnicity --- Linguistic anthropology --- Linguistics and anthropology --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Nordic languages --- Norse languages --- North Germanic languages --- Germanic languages --- Government policy --- Scandinavian languages --- Language policy --- Archaeology --- Sami (European people) --- Ethnic identity --- Laplanders --- Lapps --- Saam (European people) --- Saame (European people) --- Saami (European people) --- Same (European people) --- Samer (European people) --- Samit (European people) --- Arctic peoples --- Ethnology --- Finno-Ugrians

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""Sprachenkampf in Böhmen"" - diese Formel war im 19. Jahrhundert der Inbegriff für das Streben nach sprachlicher Gleichberechtigung in der k.u.k. Monarchie. Die vorliegende Studie zeigt, daß die ""Sprachenfrage"" auch nach der Gründung der Tschechoslowakei im Jahre 1918 eine der fundamentalen Determinanten des Verhältnisses zwischen Tschechen und Deutschen und eines der wichtigsten Konfliktfelder im ""Nationalitätenkampf"" darstellte. Die Untersuchung zeichnet auf einer breiten Quellengrundlage die Entwicklung des Sprachenrechts in der ersten Tschechoslowakischen Republik nach. Sie analysiert

Language policy --- Germans --- Minorities --- History. --- Languages. --- Government policy. --- Czechoslovakia --- Germany --- Foreign relations --- Ethnology --- Glottopolitics --- Institutional linguistics --- Language and languages --- Language and state --- Languages, National --- Languages, Official --- National languages --- Official languages --- State and language --- Communication policy --- Language planning --- Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Persons --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation --- Government policy