Hot and cold ethnicities in the Baltic states

被引:11
作者
Ehala, Martin [1 ]
Zabrodskaja, Anastassia [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tartu, Inst Estonian & Gen Linguist, EE-50090 Tartu, Estonia
[2] Tallinn Univ, Inst Estonian Language & Culture, EE-10120 Tallinn, Estonia
关键词
identity; ethnolinguistic vitality; titular; minority; Russian-speakers; MINORITY; VITALITY;
D O I
10.1080/01434632.2013.845199
中图分类号
H0 [语言学];
学科分类号
030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;
摘要
The article discusses the temperatures of the main ethnic groups in the Baltic states: Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, and their three Russian-speaking communities, and the Latgalian and Polish minority groups in Latvia and Lithuania, respectively. The study uses a triangulated methodology that includes a survey questionnaire for quantitative study and an associated protocol for a semi-structured focus group interview. The aim of the methodology is to make the notion of ethnic temperature quantitatively assessable, while retaining the opportunity for a rich qualitative description to understand its nature. The quantitative analysis confirms the wide divergence of subgroups within each ethnic group, each of which has a different ethnic temperature. The (intergroup) interaction of the members of these subgroups influences both the average temperature of the in-group and the temperatures of significant out-groups. The findings are interpreted to forecast the nature of ethnic processes in the Baltic states.
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页码:76 / 95
页数:20
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