Emerging bilingual speech :: from monolingualism to code-copying /

Anna Verschik offers a new perspective on how a previously monolingual community of Russian-speakers in Estonia is rapidly becoming bilingual after the end of the Soviet occupation in 1991. The contact-induced change in Russian under the growing impact of Estonian is analysed in the theoretical fram...

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1. Verfasser: Verschik, Anna, 1968-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London : Continuum, 2008.
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Zusammenfassung:Anna Verschik offers a new perspective on how a previously monolingual community of Russian-speakers in Estonia is rapidly becoming bilingual after the end of the Soviet occupation in 1991. The contact-induced change in Russian under the growing impact of Estonian is analysed in the theoretical framework of code-copying. Changes in linguistic behaviour of the speakers are often a result of intentional cultivation of non-monolingual communication strategies and language policies, and go hand in hand with the development of a new identity, 'Estonian Russians'. Emerging Bilingual Speech is a fasc.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 252 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-238) and index.
ISBN:9781441164926
1441164928
9781474212168
1474212166
9781441127440
1441127445
9781441140289
144114028X

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