Emerging Bilingual Speech: From Monolingualism to Code-Copying
Author:   Professor Anna Verschik
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Pages:   270
Publication Date:   31 October 2008
Format:   Hardback
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Emerging Bilingual Speech: From Monolingualism to Code-Copying


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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 fascinating study that will be of interest to researchers studying language contact, language change and bilingualism.

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Author:   Professor Anna Verschik
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780826497208


ISBN 10:   0826497209
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   31 October 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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Abbreviations Transliteration of Russian Introduction 1. Theoretical background: combining structural and sociolinguistic factors 2. Emerging multilingual communication: Russian in Estonia, Russian and Estonian, Estonia's Russian 3. Code-copying framework and copiability 4. Case-studies in code-copying 5. Code-copying and patterns of bilingual communication 6. Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Anna Verschik is Professor of Linguistics at Tallinn University, Estonia.

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