Emerging Bilingual Speech: From Monolingualism to Code-Copying
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Emerging Bilingual Speech: From Monolingualism to Code-Copying
By (Author) Professor Anna Verschik
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Continuum Publishing Corporation
20th October 2011
NIPPOD
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Education
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Teaching of a specific subject
404.2
Physical Properties
Paperback
270
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
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.
Author Bio
Anna Verschik is Professor of Linguistics at Tallinn University, Estonia.
