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Sociocultural perspectives on language change in diaspora : Soviet immigrants in the United States / David R. Andrews.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Andrews, David R.
- Series:
- Impact, studies in language and society ; 5.
- Impact, studies in language and society, 1385-7908 ; v. 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russian language--Foreign elements--English.
- Russian language.
- Russian language--Social aspects--United States.
- Russian Americans--Languages.
- Russian Americans.
- Linguistic change--Social aspects.
- Linguistic change.
- Languages in contact--United States.
- Languages in contact.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 182 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is a sociolinguistic examination of the Russian speech of the American "Third Wave", the migration from the Soviet Union which began in the early 1970's under the policy of détente. Within the framework of bilingualism and language contact studies, it examines developments in emigré Russian with reference to the late Cold-War period which shaped them and the post-Soviet era of today. The book addresses matters of interest not only to Russianists, but to linguists of various theoretical persuasions and to sociologists, anthropologists and cultural historians working on a range of...
- Contents:
- SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON LANGUAGE CHANGE IN DIASPORA; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Transliteration Systems and a Note on Format; Permissions; Abstract; Introduction. The Russian Third Wave and Its Language; CHAPTER 1. Fundamentals of Word-Borrowing and Language Contact; CHAPTER 2. Third-Wave Language Attitudes; CHAPTER 3. Third-Wave Loan Words, Neologisms and Other Innovations; CHAPTER 4. Developments in Phonology and Intonation; CHAPTER 5. Conclusion: Continuities and Discontinuities; References; Index of Subjects; Index of Forms
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-16350-7
- 9786612163500
- 90-272-9932-3
- OCLC:
- 666942490
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