Honors Theses
Date of Award
2007
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Modern Languages
First Advisor
Donald Dyer
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
This thesis examines the progression of Soviet language policy in Uzbekistan and its effects. It also examines how the perception of Russian has changed in post-Soviet Uzbekistan and Uzbeks now view their own language as a direct result of language policy. I based my research on the research of others and the interview of a former Peace Corps volunteer who lived in both Tashkent and Andijon for a total period of two years. Through my investigation, I discovered how the Central Asian languages were formed on the basis of language, how Soviet leaders used both Russian and ethnic languages to manipulate its non-Russian population, and the use of language policy in present-day Uzbekistan to distance the republic from its Soviet past. I also learned the connotations associated with the Russian language, and the prejudice that Russophones, even those who have attempted to learn the titular language, face as a result of their inherent ties with the Russian language.
Recommended Citation
Boehmer, Mary Catherine, "Soviet Language Policy in Uzbekistan: How the Role of Russian has Changed through Soviet Times and Independence" (2007). Honors Theses. 1953.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/1953
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