Valuing language in the Ukrainian-Romanian Borderlands
This article examines how informal economic activities, which have come to dominate many rural communities in the Ukrainian-Romanian borderlands since 1989/1991, are favouring a knowledge of Romanian rather than the Ukrainian language. It is based on fifteen months of ethnographic research in two ru...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava
2010-07-01
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| Series: | Codrul Cosminului |
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| Online Access: | http://atlas.usv.ro/www/codru_net/CC16/1/11_Cassidy.pdf |
| Summary: | This article examines how informal economic activities, which have come to dominate many rural communities in the Ukrainian-Romanian borderlands since 1989/1991, are favouring a knowledge of Romanian rather than the Ukrainian language. It is based on fifteen months of ethnographic research in two rural communities on either side of the Eastern Ukrainian-Romanian border near the Romanian town of Siret, where the trading and purchase of goods across the border, in addition to migration for work to Southern and Western Europe, form a major part of the local rural economy. |
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| ISSN: | 1224-032X |