Emerging bilingual speech
Subtitle: from monolingualism to code-copying
By: Anna Verschik.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780826497208
Subjects: Bilingualism; Second language acquisition
Description: "This monograph 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 analyzed in the theoretical framework of code-copying. The changes in linguistic behavior of the speakers are often a result of intentional cultivation of non-monolingual communication strategies and go hand in hand with the development of a new identity: Estonian Russians." "This fascinating study will be of interest to researchers studying language contact, language change and bilingualism."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-238) and index.