Chapter 4.Language contact and Odessan Russian105
4.1Introduction105
4.1.1Odessan Russian: The historical setting106
4.2Demographics and language contact in Odessa108
4.3The sociolinguistics of Odessan Russian110
4.3.1Ethnic groups, contact, and social mobility113
4.4Previous linguistic analyses116
4.5Evaluating documentation materials for Odessan Russian118
4.5.1Available documentation: Dictionaries119
4.5.2Literature as documentation123
4.5.3Available documentation: Literary works125
4.5.4Variation across sources126
4.5.5Work with native speaker consultants127
4.6A brief description of Odessan Russian128
4.6.1Phonology128
4.6.2Lexicon and phraseology134
4.6.3Derivational morphology and fluent dysfluency137
4.6.4Prepositional phrases139
4.6.5Nominal inflectional morphology144
4.6.6Pronouns150
4.6.7Morphosyntax153
4.6.8Syntax and the Yiddish substrate effect155
4.7Reconstructing social networks161
Chapter 5.Russian pidgins179
5.1Introduction179
5.2Classification181
5.3Documentation of pidgins184
5.4Russenorsk186
5.4.1Documentation and reconstruction of Russenorsk188
5.4.2Linguistic structure of Russenorsk190
5.4.3Reconstructing contact193
5.4.4Linguistic data and reconstructing usage195
5.5Pidgins in the Chinese-Russian Borderlands197
5.5.1Classification: How many pidgins?198
5.6Kyakhta Pidgin Russian199
5.6.1Documentation of Kyakhta Pidgin Russian: Sources202
5.6.2Linguistic structure of Kyakhta Pidgin Russian204
5.6.3Social dimensions of Kyakhta Pidgin Russian211
5.7Ussuri Pidgin Russian212
5.7.1Documentation of Ussuri Pidgin Russian213
5.7.2Linguistic structure of Ussuri Pidgin Russian218
5.7.3Tungusic elements and a native identity222
5.8Linguistic features of pidgins compared223
5.9Social dimensions of pidgins226
5.10Conclusion229