Sociocultural perspectives on language change in diaspora : Soviet immigrants in the United States /

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Author / Creator:Andrews, David R.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©1999.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 182 pages).
Language:English
Series:Impact, studies in language and society, 1385-7908 ; v. 5
Impact, studies in language and society ; 5.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11283604
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Varying Form of Title:Language change in diaspora
ISBN:9789027299321
9027299323
155619854X
9781556198540
9027218358
9789027218353
661216350X
9786612163500
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-171) and indexes.
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Summary:This book is a sociolinguistic examination of the Russian speech of the American "Third Wave", the migration from the Soviet Union which began in the early 1970s under the policy of détente. Within the framework of bilingualism and language contact studies, it examines developments in emigré Russian with reference to the late Cold-War period which shaped them and the post-Soviet era of today. The book addresses matters of interest not only to Russianists, but to linguists of various theoretical persuasions and to sociologists, anthropologists and cultural historians working on a range of relat.
Other form:Print version: Andrews, David R. Sociocultural perspectives on language change in diaspora. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©1999 9781556198540