Kapitolina Fedorova
Biographic Data
| ID | 315357 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kapitolina Fedorova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kapitolina |
| FAMILY NAME | Fedorova |
| SIGNATURE | FEDOROVA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tallinn University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1838-3217 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From the nursery to the desk: Models and modes of foreign language learning in Russia as reflected in literary texts
This article examines different models of foreign language learning, both with and without formal instruction, as they are depicted in Russian literature across various historical periods. It explores the underlying ideas about language acquisition and the attitudes towards different foreign languages reflected in these literary representations, and observes how these ideas correlate with changes in language use over time. Four general models of …
“Propaganda from Below”: Politically Loaded Catchphrases and Irony as a Group-building Tool in Online Communication in and beyond Russia
The article examines politically loaded catchphrases and their development and transformation in the discourses of Russian-speaking social media users. It focuses on how propaganda catchphrases, used to transmit political messages, acquire new meanings and applications in online communication, and how this process is shaped by the specific context of the Baltic states, where the Russian population underwent minoritization after the collapse of th…
Introduction: Decolonizing Linguistic Space: Language Policies, Practices and Ideologies in the Post-Soviet Countries
From "Oppressors" to "Oppressed: Baltic Russian Post-Soviet Speakers in Search of a New Identity through Social Networking
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, newly independent states were confronted with the repercussions of the Soviet language policy; simultaneously, Russian speakers in almost all post-Soviet countries experienced a radical shift in their status: Russian was transformed from a state language to a language without an official status, and its speakers found themselves as a minority group. The paper explores the challenges encountered by Ru…
Nostalgia for Soviet Estonia: Discursive Elements of Shared Memory in the Facebook Group “Sovetskaia Estoniia – Eesti NSV”
This paper explores the role of online platforms in shaping a nostalgic discourse around Estonia’s Soviet past, focusing on the Facebook group “Советская Эстония – Eesti NSV” (Soviet Estonia). Despite official condemnation of the Soviet legacy, this bilingual Russian-Estonian group fosters a positive representation of the era through shared photos and personal memories. Utilizing sociolinguistic methods, the study examines posts and comment threa…
Multilingual Tallinn: People and Languages in the Urban Space
Multilingualism in post-Soviet countries where as a result of the Soviet time migration and Russification, Russian speakers still constitute a significant part of population, presents an interesting case for analysis. Estonia, being officially a monolingual country with quite strict language policy, is extremely linguistically diverse in terms of actual everyday communication, with both Russian and English playing a significant role. Moreover, as…
Baltic region as a place of contacts: Introducing a special issue
“Multilingual islands in the monolingual sea”: Foreign languages in the South Korean linguistic landscape
The article aims at analyzing data on the South Korean linguistic landscape, with a focus on multilingual practices and different dimensions of language use, sets of norms, and ideological constructs underling particular linguistic choices. It is based on the analysis of a data set of over 800 digital photos of various signs and advertisements as well as necessary metadata gathered in 2018–2020 in four different urban contexts. The data, on the o…
Language situation in dynamic Eurasian region: Introducing the special issue
Treatment of and Attitudes Towards ‘Other’ Languages in Modern Russia: Evidence from Metalinguistic Discourse
Russian Federation, being de jure and de facto linguistically diverse multilingual country, can be described, at the same time, as being under a strong influence of monolingual language ideology, with Russian totally domineering in most public spheres. Minority languages and especially languages of migrants lack official recognition and support, and their speakers often have to face prejudices and negative stereotypes. The paper aims at revealing…
Can We Witness the (Re)making of a Pidgin in Real Time? Contact in the Russian-Chinese Border Area
The empirical focus of this paper is on the interethnic communication along the Russian-Chinese border. Language contact in this area has a long history; in the 18th century, it resulted in a contact variety, the so-called Kyakhta language, or Russian-Chinese pidgin, which fell into disuse after a century. The contact has resumed recently, and we are currently witnessing the emergence of new contact varieties in real time in the area. The reporte…
Overcoming Aggressive Monolingualism: Prejudices and Linguistic Diversity in Russian Megalopolises
The study deals with linguistic prejudices of citizens of the two main Russian cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg, toward speakers of foreign languages. It aims to reveal possible recent changes in the language ideology dominating Russian society. Monolingual and linguistically normative orientations rooted in the Soviet ideological approach are being challenged nowadays by global processes of migration and cultural diversification, which influenc…
Invisible minorities' and 'hidden diversity' in Saint-Petersburg's linguistic landscape
Interethnic Communication on the Russian-Chinese Border: Its Past and Present
This article deals with the situation in the Russian-Chinese border area, with a special focus on the process of interethnic communication, both now and in the past. Two sets of data are used for analysis: written sources on the Russian-Chinese pidgin, which was in use in the region in the 18th and 19th centuries and until the end of the 1930s, and the author's field work materials gathered in 2008–10 in the Zabaikalskii territory of Russia and i…
Speaking With and About Chinese: Language Attitudes, Ethnic Stereotypes and Discourse Strategies in Interethnic Communication on the Russian-Chinese Border
Les stéréotypes ethniques, sociaux et linguistiques jouent un rôle crucial dans la communication interethnique, en influençant les représentations et les stratégies communicatives, et en construisant des images des autres et de soi. Les zones frontalières, où les contacts interethniques font partie de la réalité quotidienne, offrent aux chercheurs une opportunité d'étudier ce processus en détails. L'article est consacré à la situation à la fronti…
Invisible minorities' and 'hidden diversity' in Saint-Petersburg's linguistic landscape
Multilingual Tallinn: People and Languages in the Urban Space
Multilingualism in post-Soviet countries where as a result of the Soviet time migration and Russification, Russian speakers still constitute a significant part of population, presents an interesting case for analysis. Estonia, being officially a monolingual country with quite strict language policy, is extremely linguistically diverse in terms of actual everyday communication, with both Russian and English playing a significant role. Moreover, as…
Speaking With and About Chinese: Language Attitudes, Ethnic Stereotypes and Discourse Strategies in Interethnic Communication on the Russian-Chinese Border
Les stéréotypes ethniques, sociaux et linguistiques jouent un rôle crucial dans la communication interethnique, en influençant les représentations et les stratégies communicatives, et en construisant des images des autres et de soi. Les zones frontalières, où les contacts interethniques font partie de la réalité quotidienne, offrent aux chercheurs une opportunité d'étudier ce processus en détails. L'article est consacré à la situation à la fronti…
Can We Witness the (Re)making of a Pidgin in Real Time? Contact in the Russian-Chinese Border Area
The empirical focus of this paper is on the interethnic communication along the Russian-Chinese border. Language contact in this area has a long history; in the 18th century, it resulted in a contact variety, the so-called Kyakhta language, or Russian-Chinese pidgin, which fell into disuse after a century. The contact has resumed recently, and we are currently witnessing the emergence of new contact varieties in real time in the area. The reporte…
Interethnic Communication on the Russian-Chinese Border: Its Past and Present
This article deals with the situation in the Russian-Chinese border area, with a special focus on the process of interethnic communication, both now and in the past. Two sets of data are used for analysis: written sources on the Russian-Chinese pidgin, which was in use in the region in the 18th and 19th centuries and until the end of the 1930s, and the author's field work materials gathered in 2008–10 in the Zabaikalskii territory of Russia and i…
Speaking With and About Chinese: Language Attitudes, Ethnic Stereotypes and Discourse Strategies in Interethnic Communication on the Russian-Chinese Border
Les stéréotypes ethniques, sociaux et linguistiques jouent un rôle crucial dans la communication interethnique, en influençant les représentations et les stratégies communicatives, et en construisant des images des autres et de soi. Les zones frontalières, où les contacts interethniques font partie de la réalité quotidienne, offrent aux chercheurs une opportunité d'étudier ce processus en détails. L'article est consacré à la situation à la fronti…
Interethnic Communication on the Russian-Chinese Border: Its Past and Present
This article deals with the situation in the Russian-Chinese border area, with a special focus on the process of interethnic communication, both now and in the past. Two sets of data are used for analysis: written sources on the Russian-Chinese pidgin, which was in use in the region in the 18th and 19th centuries and until the end of the 1930s, and the author's field work materials gathered in 2008–10 in the Zabaikalskii territory of Russia and i…
Invisible minorities' and 'hidden diversity' in Saint-Petersburg's linguistic landscape
Overcoming Aggressive Monolingualism: Prejudices and Linguistic Diversity in Russian Megalopolises
The study deals with linguistic prejudices of citizens of the two main Russian cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg, toward speakers of foreign languages. It aims to reveal possible recent changes in the language ideology dominating Russian society. Monolingual and linguistically normative orientations rooted in the Soviet ideological approach are being challenged nowadays by global processes of migration and cultural diversification, which influenc…
Can We Witness the (Re)making of a Pidgin in Real Time? Contact in the Russian-Chinese Border Area
The empirical focus of this paper is on the interethnic communication along the Russian-Chinese border. Language contact in this area has a long history; in the 18th century, it resulted in a contact variety, the so-called Kyakhta language, or Russian-Chinese pidgin, which fell into disuse after a century. The contact has resumed recently, and we are currently witnessing the emergence of new contact varieties in real time in the area. The reporte…
“Multilingual islands in the monolingual sea”: Foreign languages in the South Korean linguistic landscape
The article aims at analyzing data on the South Korean linguistic landscape, with a focus on multilingual practices and different dimensions of language use, sets of norms, and ideological constructs underling particular linguistic choices. It is based on the analysis of a data set of over 800 digital photos of various signs and advertisements as well as necessary metadata gathered in 2018–2020 in four different urban contexts. The data, on the o…
Language situation in dynamic Eurasian region: Introducing the special issue
Treatment of and Attitudes Towards ‘Other’ Languages in Modern Russia: Evidence from Metalinguistic Discourse
Russian Federation, being de jure and de facto linguistically diverse multilingual country, can be described, at the same time, as being under a strong influence of monolingual language ideology, with Russian totally domineering in most public spheres. Minority languages and especially languages of migrants lack official recognition and support, and their speakers often have to face prejudices and negative stereotypes. The paper aims at revealing…
Introduction: Decolonizing Linguistic Space: Language Policies, Practices and Ideologies in the Post-Soviet Countries
From "Oppressors" to "Oppressed: Baltic Russian Post-Soviet Speakers in Search of a New Identity through Social Networking
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, newly independent states were confronted with the repercussions of the Soviet language policy; simultaneously, Russian speakers in almost all post-Soviet countries experienced a radical shift in their status: Russian was transformed from a state language to a language without an official status, and its speakers found themselves as a minority group. The paper explores the challenges encountered by Ru…
Nostalgia for Soviet Estonia: Discursive Elements of Shared Memory in the Facebook Group “Sovetskaia Estoniia – Eesti NSV”
This paper explores the role of online platforms in shaping a nostalgic discourse around Estonia’s Soviet past, focusing on the Facebook group “Советская Эстония – Eesti NSV” (Soviet Estonia). Despite official condemnation of the Soviet legacy, this bilingual Russian-Estonian group fosters a positive representation of the era through shared photos and personal memories. Utilizing sociolinguistic methods, the study examines posts and comment threa…
Multilingual Tallinn: People and Languages in the Urban Space
Multilingualism in post-Soviet countries where as a result of the Soviet time migration and Russification, Russian speakers still constitute a significant part of population, presents an interesting case for analysis. Estonia, being officially a monolingual country with quite strict language policy, is extremely linguistically diverse in terms of actual everyday communication, with both Russian and English playing a significant role. Moreover, as…
Baltic region as a place of contacts: Introducing a special issue
From the nursery to the desk: Models and modes of foreign language learning in Russia as reflected in literary texts
This article examines different models of foreign language learning, both with and without formal instruction, as they are depicted in Russian literature across various historical periods. It explores the underlying ideas about language acquisition and the attitudes towards different foreign languages reflected in these literary representations, and observes how these ideas correlate with changes in language use over time. Four general models of …
“Propaganda from Below”: Politically Loaded Catchphrases and Irony as a Group-building Tool in Online Communication in and beyond Russia
The article examines politically loaded catchphrases and their development and transformation in the discourses of Russian-speaking social media users. It focuses on how propaganda catchphrases, used to transmit political messages, acquire new meanings and applications in online communication, and how this process is shaped by the specific context of the Baltic states, where the Russian population underwent minoritization after the collapse of th…
Political science (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Linguistics (8 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (8 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Ideology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations (3 works)