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WP306 When language policy is not enough
Smagulova
2022
By focusing predominantly on discourse production and language management, language policy research de-emphasizes the material sources of inequality. The paper argues that language management, often restricted by ritualistic and symbolic gestures, …
Key words: Kazakhstan, language policy, language revitalization, social inequality
WP91 Enregisterment, agency & language shift: Kazakh as baby talk
Smagulova
2012
The paper examines how babies in urban Kazakh families are socialized into being Russian-speaking through an analysis of code-switching in baby-directed talk. Drawing on work on registers and footing, I show that Kazakh is systematically enregistered …
Key words: agency, baby talk, code-switching, Kazakh, Kazakhstan, language shift, language socialization, register, Russian