Languages in Conflict and War

Name: Languages in Conflict and War
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ISBN: 9783032084187

Ukraine, the Caucasus, and the Baltics

Karina Vamling, Nadiya Kiss, Bo Petersson , Liudmyla Pidkuimukha

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Palgrave Macmillan
15 January 2026

Language: reference & general; Sociolinguistics; Peace studies & conflict resolution; European history; Politics & government

Series: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War

This book explores language conflicts in Soviet successor states: Ukraine, the Russian North Caucasus, Georgia, and the Baltics. Current violent developments in these multiethnic countries with their shared legacies of Russian domination highlight the intertwining of language with conflict and war, reflecting confrontation and challenges to peace. It is shown how core values attached to language in identity formation and feelings of belonging or marginalization, along with attitudes to language use by the in-group in contrast to others, are easily subject to politicization. Forced migration, language erasure and shift, central in today’s post-Soviet conflicts, are also experienced by minorities in the Russian North Caucasus—such as the Circassians—based on their history of Russian colonization. The book will be of interest to readers in a wide range of fields, including sociolinguistics, language policy, and language contact, as well as identity politics, migration linguistics, state and nation building, area studies, post-Soviet and European studies, political science, international relations, and peace and conflict studies.

Edited by: Karina Vamling, Nadiya Kiss, Bo Petersson, Liudmyla Pidkuimukha
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
ISBN: 9783032084187
ISBN 10: 3032084180
Series: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War
Pages: 332
Publication Date: 15 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Karina Vamling is a Professor emerita of Caucasus Studies at Malmö University, Sweden, specializing in Caucasian languages and linguistics, language policy, and ethnic minorities. She is a co-founder of the research center Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus Regional Research (RUCARR). Nadiya Kiss is a Gerda Henkel Fellow at the Department of History of Science, University of Erfurt, Germany. Her research interests include sociolinguistics, migration linguistics, and higher education research. Bo Petersson is Professor of Political Science at Malmö University, Sweden, where he heads the research center Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus Regional Research (RUCARR). He specializes in Russian and post-Soviet politics, particularly legitimation of authoritarian political systems, and political myth. Liudmyla Pidkuimukha is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany. Research interests include language ideology, language policy and language planning, and anthropological linguistics.