Der soziale Hintergrund von Sprachwahlen in Belarus

This paper analyzes the language behavior in the bilingual society of Belarus. Therefore we look at language usage in dependence of individual values. The development of those values is considered under a macro- and micro sociological perspective. The theoretical approach examines language behavior in consequence of politically created language structures on the one hand and in consequence of integration in social interaction structures on the other hand. Hence a special imprint of cultural identity arises, which is expressed by language behavior. This approach is used for the examination of language behavior in Belarus. The influence of corresponding socioeconomic and cultural indicators of language usage is estimated by a multinomial logit model.