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Language Formation by Adults : The Case of Sino-Russian Idiolects / Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Natalia Gurian, Sergei Karpenko.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frajzyngier, Zygmunt, author.
- Gurian, Natalia, author.
- Karpenko, Sergei, author.
- Series:
- Brill Studies in Language Contact and the Dynamics of Language ; 2.
- Brill Studies in Language Contact and the Dynamics of Language ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language acquisition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- The Case of Sino-Russian Idiolects
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2021.
- Summary:
- Chinese immigrants who settle in Russia's Far East without formal instruction in the Russian language communicate with local Russians using Russian vocabulary. Each immigrant forms their language to communicate with Russians, not with family or other immigrants. The 'single-generation languages' that immigrants form are not replications or simplifications of Chinese or Russian. Grammatical systems formed by these speakers challenge some fundamental assumptions in early 21st-century linguistic theories. Grammatical systems of single-generation languages provide a unique window into how complex grammatical systems emerge, what are the first formal means of expression, and what are the first meanings expressed in grammatical systems. Given massive migrations in the contemporary world, single-generation languages are common, yet understudied, products of language contact.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004465848
- 9004465847
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004465848 DOI
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