Prof. Dr. Jan Patrick Zeller

uol.de/slavistik/das-institut/personen/prof-dr-jan-patrick-zeller

Institute of Slavic Studies  (» Postal address)

A08 1-112 (» Adress and map)

Montags, 14-16 Uhr, in der vorlesungsfreien Zeit n.V.

+49 441 798-4635  (F&P

Linguistic identity constructions

This focus is about how "identity" and "identities" are constructed and negotiated in, through and via Slavic languages, and how categories of belonging and demarcation are negotiated, legitimised and delegitimised. The focus is on multilingualism and mixed linguistic varieties in the societies of Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and Germany.

Projects

Publications

Monographs

  • Brüggemann, M. 2014: The Belarusian and Russian languages in their relationship to Belarusian society and nation: Ideological-programmatic positions of political actors and intellectuals 1994-2010 (= Studia Slavica Oldenburgensia 23). Oldenburg
  • Grecko, D. 2025: Languages and the construction of collective identity among young adults in Belarus. (= Studia Slavica Oldenburgensia 32). Oldenburg.
  • Kittel, B.; Lindner, D.; Brüggemann, M.; Zeller, J. P.; Hentschel, G. 2018: Language contact - language mixing - language choice - language change. A linguistic sociological study of the Belarusian-Russian mixed speech "Trasjanka" in Belarus. Berlin etc.: Peter Lang

Essays

  • Zeller, J. P.; Hentschel, G. 2024: The Ukrainian Black Sea coast. Languages - Nationalities - Identities. In: Wiemer, B.; Goldt, R. (eds.): Ukraine as an object of Russian great power claims. Languages, identities and discourses. Berlin: Frank & Timme, 21-63.
  • Zeller, J. P. 2022: Attitudes on languages, identities and politics at the Ukrainian Black Sea coast in 2020/21. In: Russian Linguistics 46, 291-311 [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11185-022-09264-7 ]
  • Zeller, J. P. 2021: The geographical and social distribution of native languages in central Ukraine. In: Linguistica Copernicana 18, 105-136 [https://doi.org/10.12775/LinCop.2021.006 ]
  • Zeller, J. P. 2021: Linguistic, political, and cultural attitudes and identities in Central Ukraine in 2014. In: Müller, D.; Wingender, M. (eds.): Language politics, language situations and conflicts in multilingual societies. Case studies from contemporary Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Wiesbaden, 247-263
  • Zeller, J. P.; Sitchinava, D. 2020: The Russian language in Belarus and Ukraine. In: Mustajoki, A.; Protassova, E.; Yelenevskaya, M. (eds.): The soft power of the Russian language. Pluricentricity, politics and policies. London; New York: Routledge, 108-122
  • Hentschel, G.; Taranenko, O. O.; Zeller, J. P. 2019: Mova i cerkva v sučasnij Ukraïni. [Language and church in today's Ukraine]. In: Movoznavstvo 2019/6, 22-55 [https://doi.org/10.33190/0027-2833-309-2019-6-002 ]
  • Zeller, J. P.; Taranenko, O.; Hentschel, G. 2019: Language and religion in Central Ukraine. In: International Journal of the Sociology of Language 260, 105-130 [https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2019-2050 ]
  • Hentschel, G.; Zeller, J. P. 2017a: Aspects of language use in central regions of Ukraine. In: Vienna Slavonic Almanac 79, 37-60
  • Hentschel, G.; Zeller, J. P. 2017b: Movy i kody v central'nych regionach Ukrajiny: dumky ta atytjudy / Jazyki i kody v central'nych regionach Ukrainy: menija i attitjudy. In: Sociolohija 2017:1, 103-127 [Ukrainian / Russian version of Hentschel & Zeller 2016b] [http://stmm.in.ua/archive/ukr/2017-1/11.pdf; stmm.in.ua/archive/rus/2017-1/11.pdf]
  • Hentschel, G.; Brüggemann, M.; Geiger, H.; Zeller, J. P. 2016: Jazykovaja i političeskaja orientacija soveršennoletnich belorusov. Meždu russkim i belorusskim - meždu vostokom i zapadom. In: Sociologija: 2016:2, 57-76 [Russian version of Hentschel et al. 2015] [https://elib.bsu.by/bitstream/123456789/169524/1/57-76.pdf]
  • Hentschel, G.; Zeller, J. P. 2016a: Aspekty vykorystannja mov u central'nych regionach Ukrajiny. / Aspekty ispol'zovanija jazykov v central'nych regionach Ukrainy. In: Sociolohija 2016:4, 142-163 [Ukrainian / Russian version of Hentschel & Zeller 2017a] [http://stmm.in.ua/archive/ukr/2016-4/10.pdf; stmm.in.ua/archive/rus/2016-4/10.pdf]
  • Hentschel, G.; Zeller, J. P. 2016b: Opinions and attitudes towards languages and codes in central regions of Ukraine. In: Journal of Slavic Studies 61:4, 636-661 [https://doi.org/10.1515/slaw-2016-0039 ]
  • Zeller, J. P.; Levikin, D. 2016: The mother tongues of young Belarusians. Their symbolic content and their connection with social factors and language use in the family. In: Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch (Neue Folge) 4, 114-144 [https://doi.org/10.13173/wienslavjahr.4.2016.0114 ]
  • Hentschel, G.; Brüggemann, M.; Geiger, H.; Zeller, J. P. 2015: The linguistic and political orientation of young Belarusian adults between East and West or Russian and Belarusian. In: International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2015/236, 133-154 [https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2015-0024 ]

Doctoral projects

Ongoing:

  • Margarita Herzog: Family language politics: a qualitative study of language and identity and role construction within Russian-speaking families in Germany.
  • Yevheniia Lytvyshko: Language Biographies and Identity Construction: a study of Suržyk speakers through narrative and discourse.

Completed:

  • Mark Brüggemann: Language ideological debates in Belarus' 1995-2008. An analysis of press texts
  • Daria Grecko: Languages and the construction of collective identity among young adults in Belarus.
(Changed: 03 Mar 2026)  Kurz-URL:Shortlink: https://uol.de/p116998en
Zum Seitananfang scrollen Scroll to the top of the page

This page contains automatically translated content.