Prof. Dr. Jan Patrick Zeller

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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 and edited volumes

  • 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.
  • Hentschel, G., Zaprudski, S. 2008: Belarusian Trasjanka and Ukrainian Suržyk: Structural and social aspects of their description and categorisation. Oldenburg: BIS Oldenburg (= Studia Slavica Oldenburgensia 17)
  • Hentschel, G., Taranenko, O., Zaprudski, S. (eds.) 2014: Trasjanka and Suržyk - mixed Belarusian-Russian and Ukrainian-Russian speech. Linguistic incest in Belarus and Ukraine? Frankfurt/M.: Peter Lang.
  • Hentschel, G., Tambor, J. Fekete, I. 2021: Silesian and its speakers: Establishment in society, attitudes, vitality of Germanisms. Śląski lekt i jego użytkownicy: rozpowszechnienie, postawy społeczne wobec śląszczyzny, żywotność germanizmów w śląskim lekcie. Berlin etc.: Peter Lang. [DOI: 10.3726/b18745]
  • 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

  • Hentschel, G. 2014: "Trasjanka" and "Suržyk" - on language mixing in Belarus and Ukraine: Introduction to the topic and outlook for the volume. In: Hentschel, G., Taranenko, O., Zaprudski, S. (eds.): Trasjanka and Suržyk - mixed Belarusian-Russian and Ukrainian-Russian speech. Linguistic incest in Belarus and Ukraine? Frankfurt/M., 1-26.
  • Hentschel, G. 2015: Belorussko-russkaja smešannaja rečʹʹ ("trasjanka"): vosemʹ voprosov i otvetov. In: Jazykovoj contact. Sbornik naučnych statʹej. Minsk, 172-186.
  • Hentschel, G., Taranenko, O. 2015: The linguistic landscape of central Ukraine: Ukrainian, Russian, "Suržyk". Use - competence - national positioning. In: The World of the Slavs 60(2), 248-275.
  • Hentschel, G., Brüggeman M., 2015: Is there a Ukrainian-Russian language conflict in Ukraine? On the togetherness, opposition and confusion of Ukrainian and Russian. In: Bakalova, E., Endrich, T., Shlyakhtovska, Kh., Spodarets, G. (eds.): Ukraine. Crises. Perspectives. Interdisciplinary reflections on a country in transition. Berlin, 95-118.
  • Hentschel, G., Brüggeman M., 2016: Čy isnue v Ukrajini ukrajinsꞌko-rosijsꞌkyj movnyj konflikt? Prospivisnuvannja, protystojannja ta zmišuvannja ukrajinsꞌkoji j rosijsꞌkoji mov. In: Ukrajinsꞌkamova 1 (57), 55-76.
  • 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 236, 133-154. [https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2015-0024]
  • 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 2, 57-76.
  • Hentschel, G., Kittel B. 2011: Belarusian trilingualism? On the linguistic situation in Belarus on the basis of Belarusians' judgements about the distribution of "their languages" in the country. In: Vienna Slavonic Almanac 67, 107-135.
  • Hentschel, G., Kittel B. 2011: On Belarusian-Russian bilingualism in Belarus - not least from the point of view of Belarusians. In: Bohn, T. M., Shadurski, V. (eds.): A white spot in Europe... The Imagination of Belarus as a Contact Zone between East and West. Bielefeld, 49-67.
  • Hentschel, G., Kittel B. 2014: On language skills and language behaviour of young Belarusians and Ukrainians in Belarus and Ukraine (and on the difficulties of such a comparison on the basis of different surveys). In: Vienna Slavic Yearbook 59, 98-128.
  • Hentschel, G., Kittel B., Lindner, D., Tesch, S. 2010: Mixed language usage in Belarus. The sociostructural background of language choice. In: International Journal of the Sociology of Language 206, 47-71.
  • Hentschel, G., Palinska, O. 2022: The linguistic situation on the Ukrainian Black Sea coast - Ukrainian, Russian and Suržyk as "native language", "primary code", frequently used codes and codes of linguistic socialisation during childhood. In: Russian Linguistics 46(3), 259-290.
  • Hentschel, G., Palinska, O. 2022: The linguistic situation on the Ukrainian Black Sea coast - Ukrainian, Russian and Suržyk as native language, primary code, frequently used codes and codes of linguistic socialisation during childhood. In: Russian Linguistics 46, 259-290.
  • Hentschel, G., Taranenko, O. 2015: Movnyj landšaft Centralʹnoji Ukrajiny: ykrajinsʹka mova, rosijsʹka mova, "suržyk" (užyvannja - movna kompetencija - nacionalʹne pozycionuvannja). In: Movoznavstvo 4, 3-25.
  • Hentschel, G., Taranenko, O. 2021: Bilingualism or tricodalism: Ukrainian, Russian and "Suržyk" in Ukraine. Analysis and linguistic-geographical mapping. In: The World of Slavs 66(2), 268-299 [DOI: 10.13173/WS.66.2.268]
  • Hentschel, G., Taranenko, O. 2022: Domovnistʹ čy trykodovistʹ: ukrajinsʹka mova, rosijsʹka mova i "suržyk" v Ukrajini (analiz i linhvistyčno-heohrafične kartohrafuvannja). In: Movoznavstvo 322(1), 21-50 [DOI 10.33190/0027-2833-322-2022-1-001]
  • Hentschel, G., Taranenko, O. O., Zeller, J. P. 2019: Mova i cerkva v sučasnij Ukrajini. In: Movoznavstvo 6, 22-55 [https://doi.org/10.33190/0027-2833-309-2019-6-002]
  • Hentschel, G., Zeller, J. P. 2016: Aspekty vykorystannja mov u central'nych regionach Ukrajiny. In: Sociolohija 4, 142-163.
  • Hentschel, G., Zeller, J. P. 2016: 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]
  • Hentschel, G., Zeller, J. P. 2017: Aspects of language use in central regions of Ukraine. In: Vienna Slavonic Almanac 79, 37-60.
  • Hentschel, G., Zeller, J. P. 2017: Movy i kody v central'nych regionach Ukrajiny: dumky ta atytjudy. In: Sociolohija 2017:1, 103-127.
  • Hentschel, G.; Kittel B. 2011: Jazykovaja situacija v Belarusi: Mnenie belarusov o rasprostranennocti jazykov v strane. In: Sociologija 4, 62-78.
  • Palinska O. 2018: "Ukrainicity" vs. "Suržyk": Ukrainian culture in the perception of language carriers of Ukrainian-Russian mixed speech. In: Kempgen, S., Wingender, M., Udolph, L. (eds.) 2018: German contributions to the 16th International Slavic Congress Belgrade 2018. Wiesbaden, 237-246.
  • Palinska, O. 2018: "Ukrajinsʹkistʹ vs. "suržyk": ukrajinsʹka kulʹtura y spryjnjatti nosijiv ukrajinsʹko-rosijsʹkoho zmišanoho movlennja. In: Movoznavstvo 2018, 1, 36-48.
  • Palinska, O. 2020: Metajazykovye refleksii nositelej ukrainskorusskoj smešannoj reči. In: Vienna Slavic Almanac 84, 327-346.
  • Palinska, O. 2020: Metamovni refleksiji i dyskursyvni praktyky meškanciv Centralʹnoji Ukrajiny. In: Movoznavstvo 5, 28-49 [DOI 10.33190/0027-2833-314-2020-5- 003]
  • Palinska, O. 2023: East vs West: Geopolitical Orientations and Language Practices of Residents of Central and Southern Ukraine. In: Journal of Eurasian Studies, 14(2), 129-138. [https://doi.org/10.1177/18793665231185]
  • Palinska, O. 2024: "Away from Moscow": Attitudes to Changes in Language Legislation in Ukraine. In: Region: Regional Studies of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia 13(1), 79-102. [https://doi.org/10.1353/reg.2024.a950432]
  • Palinska, O., Kuznietsova, T. 2021: Ukrainsko-russkaja smešannaja reč' v publičnom prostranstve. In: Linguistica Copernicana 18, 85-104 [doi.org/10.12775/LinCop.2021.005]
  • 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. 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. 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., 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, 21-63.
  • 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]
  • 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, 108-122.
  • 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]

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.
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