Thesis (M. Div.)--Emmanuel School of Religion, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-75).

Thesis (M. Div.)--St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, 2005. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 22-23).

Thesis (M. Div.)--Emmanuel School of Religion, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-75).

Thesis (M. Div.)--St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, 2005. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 22-23).

(in English): This paper follows the ways in which the latest wave of ukrainization impacts Ukrainian pop culture. The attention is brought upon domestic cultural politics, in particular the aspects which aim to support the Ukrainian language in entertainment sector. The paper then exposes the public discussion about official quotas for usage of Ukrainian language in radio and television. Part of the work is dedicated to the problem of language question from Ukrainian musicians perspective on the example of Ukrainian language band Skryabin and Russian speaking band Green Grey.

This thesis is a transdisciplinary study of leading South African Marxist intellectual, political activist and sociologist of language Neville Edward Alexander’s written work in English. It is an attempt to explore the “dialogical narratives” as a proposition in my assessment of his work and it is also a description of a method he employs to arrive at his own political and literary compositions. In tracking his formation as a political subject and an activist, Alexander’s and other writers’ interpretations of his meetings with and his stories about people are explored. His writings cover the spectrum of politics, education and language, and he employed a political economy approach in all his written expositions. The study argues that he had an exceptional ability to “argue against himself” because he was a dialectical reasoner and because he embraced the political and sociological toolkit of historical materialism as the philosophical matrix of his work. / History / D.Lit et Phil. (History)

Quand le bilinguisme individuel résout les conflits linguistiques collectifs Frontière linguistique et discours identitaires à Fribourg/Freiburg : la perspective des jeunes adultes bilingues Cette thèse aborde la question linguistique fribourgeoise et l’importance de la langue à Fribourg / Freiburg (Suisse) dans la cohabitation de ses habitants. Elle porte également sur les points de discorde des groupes linguistiques, l’influence de la langue sur la construction des identités (collectives) et son rôle comme marqueur de différenciation entre les Fribourgeois alémaniques et romands. À cette fin, une analyse de discours portant sur un débat mené dans les quotidiens fribourgeois La Liberté et les Freiburger Nachrichten a été réalisée pour établir le contexte du travail. Ce débat, d’une durée de quatre ans, portait sur la nouvelle constitution cantonale. De plus, 17 entrevues furent menées auprès de 18 jeunes adultes bilingues (français et allemand) fribourgeois, afin d’aborder la question linguistique depuis une nouvelle perspective. L’analyse de discours a démontré l’existence de différentes perceptions de l’identité collective fribourgeoise, perceptions souvent liées à l’appartenance à un groupe linguistique : d’une part, la perception d’une ville francophone comptant une minorité germanophone prédomine chez les Fribourgeois romands, alors que, d’autre part, la perception d’une ville traditionnellement bilingue caractérise davantage les Fribourgeois alémaniques, divisant ainsi les Fribourgeois en deux camps. Les uns aspirent à une identité collective (bilingue) qui inclue l’altérité respective, tandis que les autres tentent de renforcer leur propre identité en soulignant l’altérité et en négligeant plutôt les points communs. Les entrevues réalisées ont démontré que la langue est le principal marqueur de différenciation des Fribourgeois alémaniques et romands – bien avant certains paramètres tels que les normes et valeurs, la mentalité, la religion, les habitudes de vie ou la culture. Les informateurs bilingues et la plupart du temps biculturels montrent des attitudes et perceptions particulières : se distinguant de plusieurs argumentaires présents dans l’analyse de discours, ceux-ci s’approprient les deux camps et montrent un sentiment d’appartenance avec le Fribourg romand et alémanique. Ce faisant, ils dénouent la majorité des sources de conflit et des contradictions de la question linguistique fribourgeoise. Leurs attitudes et perceptions spécifiques en font les médiateurs des groupes linguistiques dans le canton-pont et posent des questions potentiellement désagréables aux acteurs sociaux impliqués dans le débat linguistique fribourgeois. / When individual bilingualism solves collective language conflicts Language frontier and identity discourse in Fribourg/Freiburg: the perspective of young bilingual adults This thesis deals with the Fribourg/Freiburg (Switzerland) language question and examines the significance of language for the cohabitation in Fribourg as well as it looks into fields of conflict for the language groups, the influence of language on the construction of a (collective) identity and the role of language as a criterion to make a distinction between German and French Swiss. Therefore, firstly, a discourse analysis was carried out to investigate a debate lasting four years that took place in the local newspapers La Liberté and Freiburger Nachrichten concerning a new cantonal constitution, to find out about the different positions in the Fribourg language question and to set the context and backdrop of this thesis. Secondly, 17 interviews with a total of 18 young bilingual (French/German) Fribourg adults have been executed, to take a new perspective on the Fribourg language question. The discourse analysis made varying perceptions of collective identity in the city apparent that are often language group related. The latter expressed itself in a primarily French Fribourg perception of a francophone city with a German speaking minority and a principally German Fribourg perception of a traditionally bilingual city thus creating two camps: one camp wishes for a (bilingual) collective identity, which includes the respective alterity, whereas the other camp tries to reinforce their identity by stressing the alterity and simultaneously rather excludes common grounds with the other camp. The interviews show that the language is the principal criterion to make a distinction between German and French Fribourg inhabitants – ranging before other criteria such as norms and values, mentalities, religion, ways of living or culture. The bilingual and mostly bicultural interviewees reveal a specific perception and attitude: in contrast to the results of the discourse analysis they integrate both camps in their personality, and also have a feeling of belonging with German and French Fribourg and are thus resolving most of the conflict points and contradictions in the Fribourg language question. This makes them mediators between the language groups in the bridge canton and poses potentially uncomfortable questions to the social actors involved in the Fribourg language debate. / Wenn individuelle Zweisprachigkeit kollektive Sprachkonflikte löst Sprachgrenze und Identitätsdiskurse in Fribourg/Freiburg: Die Sicht junger bilingualer Erwachsener Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Freiburger Sprachenfrage und untersucht die Bedeutung der Sprache in Fribourg/Freiburg (Schweiz) für das Zusammenleben der Einwohner sowie Konfliktfelder der Sprachgruppen, den Einfluss der Sprache auf die Konstruktion von (kollektiver) Identität und die Rolle der Sprache als Differenzierungsmerkmal zwischen Deutsch- und Welschfreiburgern. Dazu wurde einerseits eine Diskursanalyse einer vier Jahre wehrenden Debatte über eine neue Kantonsverfassung in den Freiburger Tageszeitungen La Liberté und den Freiburger Nachrichten unternommen, um Kontext und Hintergrund der Arbeit zu etablieren. Andererseits wurden 17 Interviews mit 18 jungen zweisprachigen (Französisch/Deutsch) Freiburger Erwachsenen geführt, um so eine neue Perspektive auf die Sprachenfrage zu bekommen. Die Diskursanalyse machte unterschiedliche, oft sprachgruppenabhängige Wahrnehmungen kollektiver Identität in der Stadt Freiburg deutlich: Die vornehmlich Welschfreiburger Wahrnehmung einer frankofonen Stadt mit deutschsprachiger Minderheit und die zuvorderst Deutschfreiburger Wahrnehmung einer traditionell zweisprachigen Stadt, so dass es zwei Lager gibt. Dabei wünscht sich ein Lager eine (zweisprachige) kollektive Identität, welche die jeweilige Alterität inkludiert; das andere Lager versucht seine Identität durch eine starke Betonung der Alterität zu bekräftigen, wobei es Gemeinsamkeiten mit dem anderen Lager eher exkludiert. Bei den Interviews zeigt sich, dass die Sprache das Hauptdifferenzierungsmerkmal zwischen Deutsch- und Welschfreiburgern ist – noch vor Parametern wie Normen und Werten, Mentalitäten, Religion, Lebensgewohnheiten oder Kultur. Die zweisprachigen und meist bikulturellen Informanten offenbaren eine spezielle Wahrnehmung und Haltung: In Abweichung zu vielen Argumentationen der Diskursanalyse vereinen sie beide Lager auf sich, haben ein Zugehörigkeitsgefühl zu Deutsch- und Welschfreiburg und lösen so die Konfliktpunkte und Widersprüche der Freiburger Sprachenfrage. Dies macht sie zu Mittlern zwischen den Sprachgruppen im Brückenkanton und stellt die sozialen Aktanten in der Freiburger Sprachendebatte vor potentiell unangenehme Fragen.

This thesis is a transdisciplinary study of leading South African Marxist intellectual, political activist and sociologist of language Neville Edward Alexander’s written work in English. It is an attempt to explore the “dialogical narratives” as a proposition in my assessment of his work and it is also a description of a method he employs to arrive at his own political and literary compositions. In tracking his formation as a political subject and an activist, Alexander’s and other writers’ interpretations of his meetings with and his stories about people are explored. His writings cover the spectrum of politics, education and language, and he employed a political economy approach in all his written expositions. The study argues that he had an exceptional ability to “argue against himself” because he was a dialectical reasoner and because he embraced the political and sociological toolkit of historical materialism as the philosophical matrix of his work. / History / D.Lit et Phil. (History)

Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy v Praze DISSERTATION ABSTRACT Daniela Theinová LIMITS AND LANGUAGES in Contemporary Irish Women's Poetry "Irish poetry" is an inherently equivocal concept characterized by two fissures, one linguistic (Irish-English; standard English-Hiberno English) and the other chronological (oral-written; Old Irish-modern Irish). Central to my project is to show how this bifurcate cultural identity, prominent in Irish literature due to Ireland's history and the politicized concept of "national language," figures in poetry by Irish women of the last forty years. While I account for the significance of the hyphen in Anglo-Irish as well as in Gaelic-Irish poets, contradictory tensions are traced not only across and along the linguistic divide. In attending to the shift from feminism (Eavan Boland, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Paula Meehan, Medbh McGuckian, and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill) to post-feminism in Irish poetry (Biddy Jenkinson, Vona Groarke, Caitríona O'Reilly, and Aifric Mac Aodha), I illustrate the role that the border between English and Irish has played in these processes. The dissertation falls into two parts each of which consists of two chapters. Part One explores some of the ways in which poets have confronted the inherited tradition and the feminine stereotypes therein. My...