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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Sociology</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Sociology</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Социология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2272</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8897</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumamba</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">21095</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2272-2019-19-2-212-221</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Sociology in Serbia</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Социология в Сербии</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Language practices of the Romani community in Serbia: Inclusion or response to the stigma?</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Языковые практики цыган в Сербии: инклюзия или ответ на стигматизацию?</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Petrović</surname><given-names>J</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Петрович</surname><given-names>Ясмина</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>-</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор социологии, профессор кафедры социологии Университета Ниша (Сербия) и Университета Приштины в Косовской Митровице; президент Сербской социологической ассоциации</p></bio><email>jasminafilfak1@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">University of Niš</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Ниша</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2019-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><volume>19</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 19, NO2 (2019)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 19, №2 (2019)</issue-title><fpage>212</fpage><lpage>221</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2019-05-16"><day>16</day><month>05</month><year>2019</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2019, Petrović J.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2019, Петрович Я.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2019</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Petrović J.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Петрович Я.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/view/21095">https://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/view/21095</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The results of the research presented in the article are part of the findings of the study conducted in 2014 within the project Social and Cultural Potential of the Romani Ethnic Community in Serbia. The survey was based on the stratified sample of 1,212 respondents and conducted by a team of researchers representing four universities of Serbia. One of the aims of the research was to identify the prevailing language practices of the Romani community in Serbia. The paper presents the results of the study of the attitudes of the Romani to the use of language and their language practices focusing on such issues as the assessment of the importance of the Romani language in expressing their identity, the use of the Romani language in everyday communication in various social contexts, and the estimates of the significance of this symbolic capital in education as expressed in the parents ideas and attempts to ensure that their children are educated in their mother tongue. The results of the survey proved that the Romani community’s attitudes to language and language practice are an expression of the general social position of this group, i.e. a minority ethnic group in the Serbian society. Therefore, its language practices are determined by the need to preserve the Romani community’s identity and by uneven distribution of social power between majority and minority communities. Thus, social power (or powerlessness) ensures legitimacy for the use of a specific language in certain social situations. Considering the Romani ethnic community, the use of the mother tongue is reduced to the domain of private communication with some of the Romani people renouncing the use of their native language and hiding their ethical identity. The study proves that linguistic mimicry serves as a way to avoid social stigmatization.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Представленные в статье данные являются частью исследовательского проекта «Социальный и культурный потенциал цыганского сообщества в Сербии», реализованного в 2014 году. Опрос был проведен на стратифицированной выборке в 1212 респондентов командой исследователей из четырех университетов Сербии. Одной из задач исследования было определение доминирующих языковых практик цыганского сообщества в Сербии. Автор описывает отношение сербских цыган к использованию разных языков в повседневном общении, а также сами их языковые практики, делая акцент на том, насколько важен цыганский язык для выражения цыганским сообществом собственной идентичности как этнического меньшинства, каковы социальные контексты для использования цыганского языка в повседневном общении и как оценивается важность подобной языковой компетентности цыганами - считается ли цыганский язык символическим капиталом в образовании, особенно учитывая представления цыганских родителей о его важности и их попытки обеспечить своим детям возможность получать образование на родном языке. Результаты опроса подтвердили гипотезу исследования, что отношение цыган к родному языку и их языковые практики являются отражением социального статуса данной группы как этнического меньшинства в сербском обществе. Соответственно, ее языковые практики обусловлены необходимость поддерживать свою этническую идентичность, а также неравномерным распределением социальной власти между сообществами, представляющими меньшинство и большинство. Таким образом, социальная власть (или ее отсутствие) придает легитимность использованию определенного языка в конкретных социальных ситуациях. В случае с цыганской этнической группой использование родного языка сведено лишь к сфере частного общения, причем некоторые цыгане отказываются от него и скрывают свою этническую принадлежность. Исследование подтвердило, что лингвистическая мимикрия - способ избежать социальной стигматизации.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Serbia</kwd><kwd>Romani</kwd><kwd>language practices</kwd><kwd>identity</kwd><kwd>inequality</kwd><kwd>stigmatization</kwd><kwd>inclusion</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Сербия</kwd><kwd>цыгане</kwd><kwd>языковые практики</kwd><kwd>идентичность</kwd><kwd>неравенство</kwd><kwd>стигматизация</kwd><kwd>инклюзия</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The article is a part of the project No 179013 supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia.</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Статья является частью проекта № 179013, реализованного при поддержке Министерства образования, науки и технологического развития Республики Сербия.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Analysis of the Application of Affirmative Measures in the Romani Education, and Recommendations for Improving Measures. 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