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This dissertation examines supra-ethnic nation-building in Kazakhstan, particularly focusing on policy outcomes since the republic became independent from the Soviet Union in 1991. The population of Kazakhstan is distinctive among countries of the post-Soviet space in terms of i…

Due to a worldwide escalating prevalence of migration, there has been an ever-increasing interest in studying language contact phenomena both at the social and individual level, where research on language maintenance and shift holds a prominent position. The present study explor…

My dissertation compares the politics and poetics of language choice in the literary histories of Senegal and Indonesia as national case studies from Africa and Asia. It examines key historical moments through which the contours of literary nationalism were posited and challenge…

This ethnographically-oriented linguistic research examines the impact of space on language use in Fes (Morocco). A post-colonial city, Fes is split into two well-marked districts: The Ville Nouvelle or "New City," built by the French; and the Medina, which is the old town, with…