The ideological background of language change in Permic-speaking communities
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Svetlana Edygarova
Abstract
In the present paper I examine the language ideologies which existed in the Soviet Union and which exist in Russia today, and their impact on language change in Permic-speaking communities. In particular, I investigate how different ideologies viewed possible sources for “enriching” these languages and what kind of attitudes they held towards borrowing and language purism. In the article I present the example of Russian relational adjectives and investigate the ways in which they have been integrated by the Permic languages during the Soviet era and after perestroika. Based on the results of a translation test, I also analyze how modern Permic speakers integrate Russian relational adjectives.
Abstract
In the present paper I examine the language ideologies which existed in the Soviet Union and which exist in Russia today, and their impact on language change in Permic-speaking communities. In particular, I investigate how different ideologies viewed possible sources for “enriching” these languages and what kind of attitudes they held towards borrowing and language purism. In the article I present the example of Russian relational adjectives and investigate the ways in which they have been integrated by the Permic languages during the Soviet era and after perestroika. Based on the results of a translation test, I also analyze how modern Permic speakers integrate Russian relational adjectives.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Nominal borrowings in Tsova-Tush (Nakh-Daghestanian, Georgia) and their gender assignment 15
- Lexical convergence reflects complex historical processes 35
- The ideological background of language change in Permic-speaking communities 59
- Enets-Russian language contact 85
- Izhma Komi in Western Siberia 119
- From head-final towards head-initial grammar 143
- Russian influence on Surgut Khanty and Estonian aspect is limited but similar 183
- Quotative indexes in Permic 217
- Some structural similarities in the outcomes of language contact with Russian 259
- Why do two Uralic languages (Surgut Khanty and Erzya) use different code-switching strategies? 289
- Analyzing Modern Chinese Pidgin Russian 315
- The choice of forms in contact varieties 345
- Language data and maps 369
- Languages & language families 381
- Subject index 383
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Nominal borrowings in Tsova-Tush (Nakh-Daghestanian, Georgia) and their gender assignment 15
- Lexical convergence reflects complex historical processes 35
- The ideological background of language change in Permic-speaking communities 59
- Enets-Russian language contact 85
- Izhma Komi in Western Siberia 119
- From head-final towards head-initial grammar 143
- Russian influence on Surgut Khanty and Estonian aspect is limited but similar 183
- Quotative indexes in Permic 217
- Some structural similarities in the outcomes of language contact with Russian 259
- Why do two Uralic languages (Surgut Khanty and Erzya) use different code-switching strategies? 289
- Analyzing Modern Chinese Pidgin Russian 315
- The choice of forms in contact varieties 345
- Language data and maps 369
- Languages & language families 381
- Subject index 383
