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The Language of Russians abroad

General processes and speech portraits

This collective monograph studies the evolution of the language of Russian emigrants of several waves residing in Europe and America. Contents: General language trends and individual language portraits; Waves of emigration; Two poles; Typical peculiarities of the speech of the first wave of emigration: phonetics, grammar, lexics, word formation; The fading away of written Russian; Functions of English lexics in the speech of Russian Americans; Emigrant speech as an indicator of growth of analyticism in Russian language; Factors responsible for preservation of the Russian language; Speech portrait; General and specific trends in the language of metropolia and emigration. The monograph is based on taped conversations with Russian emigrants as well as on analysis of written sources. Bibliography.