In order to shed light on the complex relationships between language(s) and conflict(s) and in
so doing to contribute to the necessary expansion of the research field into language
conflicts the present volume addresses a broad spectrum of questions and issues regarding
language politics and language situations in connection with language conflicts in multilingual
societies in Eastern Europe. Most notably this volume is a combination of theoretical and
methodological considerations with elaborate empirical research in the form of mass surveys or
focus group discussions. Accordingly the present volume consists of a
methodological-theoretical introduction to linguistic conflict research followed by three
thematic sections on language interactions language politics and language situations in
multilingual societies in Eastern Europe. This book is the second volume presenting the results
of an international sociolinguistic project comparing bi- and multilingual situations in
present-day Ukraine and Russia. This trilateral project was funded by the Volkswagen Foundation
(2016-2019) within the framework of its funding programme Trilateral Partnerships - Cooperation
Projects between Scholars and Scientists from Ukraine Russia and Germany. This volume
presents the contributions to the project's concluding conference in Giessen in 2019.
