Russian influence on the Ižma Komi dialect

• Autores: Marja Leinonen
• Localización: International Journal of Bilingualism: interdisciplinary studies of multilingual behaviour, ISSN 1367-0069, Vol. 13, Nº. 3, 2009, págs. 309-329
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article deals with the results of the language contacts between Russian and Komi (Komi-Zyrian), especially one of its dialects, that of Ižma, in the north-eastern corner of European Russia. The long-term contacts are discussed in a socio-historical context, which explains how the present minority status of Komi has occurred. The structural, lexical, and pragmatic unilateral convergence of Komi with Russian is explored. A case study with material from a TV interview — a semi-official speech of an Ižma speaker — illustrates the introduction of Russian lexemes and constructions into Komi via codeswitching and borrowing.