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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 252 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-238) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441164926 1441164928 9781474212168 1474212166 9781441127440 1441127445 9781441140289 144114028X |