Vasilyeva, Alena L.2024-04-262019-06-132019-0110.1080/17513057.2019.1575453https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/8464The study explores educational meetings that have a goal of promoting the Belarusian language and providing a platform for people who want to interact in this language. These meetings are not like any traditional language courses; they are rather a public discussion space for a community of people who speak Belarusian, try to speak this language, or are interested in it. Findings demonstrate how the identity of a Belarusian-speaking Belarusian is interactionally constructed and speaking Belarusian is framed in relation to identity formation and language ideology.UMass Amherst Open Access Policyculturediscourse analysisidentityinstitutional talklanguage ideologyarticle