Моўны сорам беларусаў (сацыялінгвістычны аналіз)
The linguistic shame in Belarus (a sociolinguistic analysis)

Summary/Abstract: : The article analyzes the phenomenon of linguistic shame among Belarusiansfrom the sociolinguistic point of view. The topic is new in Belarusian socio-linguistics and linguistics in general, as it was previously was considered mainlyas a mere marginalization of the language. The study of linguistic shame is basedmainly on Belarusian material: analysis of works by Belarusian writers whodescribed the phenomenon before linguists, analysis of the Belarusian president'sdiscourse on the Belarusian language and interviews with Belarusian men whoserved in the Soviet-era army. The interview reveals an interesting gender aspectof the phenomenon of linguistic shame: for the first time the Soviet army isanalyzed as an additional structure that imposed shame on Belarusian men fortheir language and culture. Also, the study is based on external experiences of thisphenomenon: for example, the well-known phenomenon of auto-odi or linguistichate of oneself of Catalans or linguistic shame of Ukrainians.

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