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Publication details [#46121]

Zaprudski, Siarhiej. 2007. In the grip of replacive bilingualism: the Belarusian language in contact with Russian. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 183 : 97–118.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | language contact | language maintenance | language use | minority language

Language as a subject

Belarusian | Russian

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This paper discusses how the linguistic affinity between Russian and Belarusian, combined with other (such as political) factors, constitutes an insuperable obstacle for the spread of the Belarusian language and a threat with regard to its maintenance.