Maintenance of South Estonian Varieties: A Focus on Institutions
Institutions are seen as the societal rules of the game in the broadest sense. Institutions include informal norms and formal laws, which are not necessarily functional, but shape human interaction by both prohibiting and enabling it. In language maintenance, too, institutions can serve as obstacles...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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European Centre for Minority Issues
2012-04-01
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| Series: | Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ecmi.de/fileadmin/downloads/publications/JEMIE/2012/KoreinikSaar.pdf |