Visiting lecturer: Assoc. Univ. Professor, Vladislav B. Sotirovic, Ph.D., Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Goals and contents:

1) To provide a comprehensive account of the part played by language in national identity formation process and nationalism in contemporary Europe

2) To present different academic views of the phenomena of interrelationships between language and ethnic/group identity and nationalism taking into consideration different parts of the Old Continent

3) To discuss differences between dialects and standardized language system that played important role in identity formation across Europe

Academic level: BA/MA

Prerequisites: basic knowledge about group identity

Language of instruction: English

Teaching methodology: lectures, discussion, seminars

Examination: written (one essay 10 pp.)

Assessment: 1-5 point scale

Teaching methods: lectures and seminars. An individual work and readings are encouraged.

Evaluation: Class attendance and active participation in discussions (30%) and essay (70%) including at least 4-6 references from the following reading list.

Compensations:

Bachelor's programme in Social Sciences:

Compensates one book from KVPIB7A1, KVPIB8A2 or VALIB8C1

Kansainvälisen politiikan opiskelijat:

A3,A4,A5 (2 op/teos)

Suggested reading list:

Alladina S., Edwards V., Multilingualism in the British Isles, vols. I-II, London: Longman, 1991.

Meara P., Ryan A. (eds.), Language and Nation, London: British Association for Applied Linguistics, CILT, 1991.

Hoffmann C. (ed.), Language, Culture and Communication in Contemporary Europe, Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, 1996.

Bright W., International Encyclopaedia of Linguistics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.

Clyne M., The German Language in a Changing Europe, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Crowley T., Language in History, London: Routledge, 1996.

Comrie B., Corbett G. G. (eds.), The Slavonic Languages, London: Routledge, 1993.

Donaldson B., Dutch: A Linguistic History of Holland and Belgium, Leiden: Nijhoff, 1983.

Edwards J., Multilingualism, Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1995.

Fishman J. A., Language and Ethnicity in Minority Sociolinguistic Perspective, Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, 1989.

Friedman V., Linguistic Emblems and Emblematic Languages: On Language and Flag in the Balkans, Columbus, Ohio: Ohio University Slavic Department, 1999.  

Ginsborg P., Italy and its Discontents, 1980-2001, London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 2001.

Herr R., Polt J. (eds.), Iberian Identity, Berkeley: IIS, 1989.

Jahr E. H. (ed.), Language Conflict and Language Planning, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1993.

Lodge A., French, from Dialect to Standard, London: Routledge, 1993.

Maiden M., A Linguistic History of Italian, London: Longman, 1995.

Marley D., Hintze M. A., Parker G. (eds.), Linguistic Identities and Policies in France and in the French Speaking World, London: Association for French Language Studies, CILT, 1998.

Mar-Molinero C., Smith A. (eds.), Nationalism and the Nation in the Iberian Peninsula, Oxford: Berg, 1996.

Penny R., A History of the Spanish Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.Blom G. et al. (eds.), Minority Languages-The Scandinavian Experience, Oslo: Nordic Language Secretariat, 1992.

Sanders C. (ed.), French Today: Language in its Social Context, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Siguán M., Multilingual Spain, Amsterdam: Swets&Zeitlinger, 1993.

Smith G. (ed.), The Baltic States: The National Self-Determination of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, London, Macmillan, 1994.

Vikør L. S., The Nordic Languages: Their Status and Interrelations, Oslo: Novus forlag, 2001.

Wilson A., Ukrainian Nationalism in the 1990s: A Minority Faith, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Win J. (ed.), Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, London: Europa, 1997.