Emerging Bilingual Speech: From Monolingualism to Code-Copying (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781441127440)

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: Anna Verschik
ISBN-10: 1441127445
ISBN-13: 9781441127440
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Language: English
Published: 12/22/2011
Pages: 270
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.57d