Anastassia Zabrodskaja
Biographic Data
| ID | 637083 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anastassia Zabrodskaja |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anastassia |
| FAMILY NAME | Zabrodskaja |
| SIGNATURE | ZABRODSKAJA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tallinn University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8082-3549 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 50 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 50 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Parental language ideologies, practices and management in Kazakhstan: Balancing English learning, Kazakh identity, and multilingual ecologies
Children’s Language Use on the Playground: Peer Interaction and Language Policy in Practice in Kazakhstan
This study examines children’s language use in spontaneous playground interaction in Kazakhstan, focusing on how language choice varies across play activities and how these practices relate to family language orientations. The study uses non-participant observation and audio recordings of nine playgroup sessions involving 23 children aged 4–9, complemented by caregiver questionnaires. The analysis follows an interactional approach and uses qualit…
Digital Transnationalism: Maintenance of Social, Cultural and Emotional Links
This study explores the role of digital communication in maintaining social, cultural, and emotional ties among transnational families in Cyprus and Estonia, representing diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. It investigates how multimodal, cross-border communication practices support family cohesion, heritage preservation, and identity formation in the context of migration. Thematic analysis of the semi-structured face-to-face interview d…
A Multi-national Analysis of the Relationship Between Assimilation and Bullshit
Language-in-Education Policy for English Language Teaching in Public Schools of Kazakhstan: Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Approaches
This research explores the Kazakhstani public schools’ English language teaching (ELT) policy. Despite numerous policy reforms to enhance English language teaching (ELT) in Kazakhstani public schools, relatively little research has examined teachers’ perspectives on the interface between the top-down policy and classroom realities. Therefore, this study addresses this gap by investigating the lived experience of English language (EL) teachers fro…
Psychological Perspectives on Language, Identity, and Intergroup Dynamics
In this introductory article to the Special Issue on Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Language, Society, and Psychology: Advances from ICLASP18 , I provide an overview of the conference's key themes, contributions, and scholarly significance. The issue features diverse research exploring how language shapes social interactions, identity formation, and behavioral dynamics across various socio-cultural contexts. By synthesizing the presented studi…
Multilingual dynamics: Exploring English as a third language in Russian-speaking families across Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Israel, and Sweden
Employing a qualitative approach for data collection and analysis, this research focuses on 50 multilingual families, with ten from each country. The study explores the role of English as a third language (L3) in both endogamous and exogamous multilingual families with immigrant and minority backgrounds across Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Israel, and Sweden. Additionally, it examines the impact of English on family language practices, its effects on…
Exploring the language policy and planning: A comparative analysis of language practice in Kazakhstan and Estonia
This study proposes a modified and more precise framework for conducting a comparative analysis of the current linguistic situations in two post-Soviet countries, Kazakhstan and Estonia. While these countries share historical roots under the Soviet Union, they have followed divergent paths since its dissolution. The evolution of language policy in these nations since their independence is considered from the perspective of everyday language pract…
Introduction to the special issue ‘Exploring language dynamics across (migrant) communities’
Translanguaging as a Dynamic Strategy for Heritage Language Transmission
This study explores translanguaging as a flexible and adaptive strategy for heritage language transmission within multilingual families residing in Cyprus, Estonia, and Sweden. Using a qualitative approach, the research examines family language policies, parental beliefs, and the linguistic practices of bilingual and multilingual families, where one parent speaks Russian. The findings reveal how translanguaging supports bilingual development by f…
Ethno-Linguistic Identity of Kazakhstani Student Youth in Modern Multinational Context of Kazakhstan (Sociolinguistic Analysis of Empirical Research)
This study explores the transformation of the ethno-linguistic identity of Kazakhstani student youth within the multilingual context of Kazakhstan, considering the impact of the country's language policies. Our research analyzes language choices, focusing on the knowledge and factors influencing parents and Kazakhstani youth when making decisions about children's language education, as well as the strategies they adopt for language use. The empir…
Kazakh-English Bilingualism in Kazakhstan: Public Attitudes and Language Practices
This study investigates the complex dynamics of Kazakh-English bilingualism, the influence of technology on language promotion, and regional variations in language attitudes across Kazakhstan. Using a structured online survey, data were collected from 1000 respondents representing all regions of the country, providing insights into language competence, daily communication preferences, attitudes toward bilingualism, and the role of technology in l…
Across Languages and Borders: Empirical Advances in Family Language Policy Research
This Special Issue is closely linked to the international conference Research on Social and Affective Factors in Home Language Maintenance and Development (#HOLM2023), which was held at Tallinn University, Estonia, from 14 to 16 December 2023
Family members at the epicentre of policy discourses
The articles in this thematic issue of Sociolinguistic Studies, ‘Family as a language policy regime: Agency, negotiation and local practices’, are concerned with the impact of family (language policy) among the minority population, whether indigenous or otherwise, on the sociolinguistic makeup of the contemporary policy regimes worldwide. Although family language policy is already a well-established domain of inquiry, this issue points to the wid…
Digital technologies and reported language practices in Russophone families in Estonia, Germany, and Sweden
Forty-five Russophone families in Estonia, Germany and Sweden answered semi-structured questionnaires about their sociolinguistic characteristics and participated in in-depth interviews regarding language use, language transmission and maintenance, and attitudes to all these processes. This comparative analysis of the family context helps to explain the variation in the development of linguistic identities and language-use strategies. We identifi…
The relationship of the three “As” of adaptation: Acculturation, adjustment, and academic engagement of Ukrainian war refugees in Estonia’s schools
A comprehensive model of intercultural communication for international students living in culturally diverse societies: Evidence from China
Intercultural communication (IC) and international students go side by side in this era of internationalization of higher education. The key concepts of IC, namely intercultural effectiveness (ICE), intercultural competence (ICC), intercultural adjustment (ICA), and intercultural adaptation (ICN) are used interchangeably in the literature. However, the present study argues that the stated concepts are theoretically different and further proposes …
The impact of empathy, sensation seeking, anxiety, uncertainty, and mindfulness on the intercultural communication in China during the Covid-19
Objective: This study seeks to explore factors that have shaped the intercultural communication effectiveness (ICE) of international students (IS) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Theoretical predictions of anxiety uncertainty management (AUM) are considered to assess the ICE of IS who stayed in China throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The prime causal factors of AUM theory (anxiety, uncertainty, and mindfulness) are included with empathy and sensati…
The Role of Positive and Negative Emotions in Shaping Willingness to Communicate in a Second Language: Self-Perceived Communication Competence as a Moderator
Willingness to communicate (WTC) in a second language (L2) is one of the key concepts in L2 communication and learning. Previously, research practice in this area has been more concerned with investigating the relationship between individual negative emotions and WTC. However, insufficient attention has been given to a wide range of positive and negative emotions contributing to WTC. This study aims to address the impact of emotions (positive and…
Bottom-Up Approach to Language Policy and Planning in Kazakhstan
National and world news is constantly accompanied by inter-group dramas which are permeated by the dynamics of language use and attitudes. Conflicts can arise between the state insisting on an official language and the family and community who may support the preservation or revitalisation of heritage languages. Kazakhstan is an example of how languages (official Kazakh, the language of communication Russian and international English) coexist pea…
Family Language Policies of Multilingual Families during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Israel, and Sweden
This study explored the language and literacy practices of multilingual families in Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Israel, and Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study focuses on the different roles of family members in language transmission in order to understand whether these practices might have been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to answer two key research questions: RQ1, whether and how the pandemic conditions affected the he…
Language-in-Education Policy of Kazakhstan: Post-Pandemic Technology Enhances Language Learning
In the current times of rapid technological progress, the development of quality education and encouragement of educated youth are extremely important. For this reason, a number of state projects and programs were developed in the education system of modern Kazakhstan. This paper is devoted to the problems of multilingual education and emergency remote learning in this country. The primary objectives were to examine the language competence and pr…
Language Practices within the Mixed Spanish-/Italian-/French- and Estonian-Speaking Families in Tallinn
This phenomenological study examined six mixed families living in Tallinn who are composed by French-/Italian-/Spanish-Estonian native speakers, who have at least one child who is being raised simultaneously with the combination of French-/Italian-/Spanish-Estonian and who all appeared to follow the one parent one language strategy as family language policy. The semi-structured interviews were conducted with parents. The theoretical aspect featur…
Translanguaging space and translanguaging practices in multilingual Russian-speaking families
Translanguaging is seen both as a threat and as an opportunity for minority language development and transmission. While the theme of translanguaging has been explored especially in a context of migration, the novelty of this study lies in its investigation of the multiple contexts in which translanguaging is examined. In order to understand the nature of translanguaging, we adopt a novel interdisciplinary approach and view it in all its complexi…
The Russian language maintenance and language contacts
In our introductory article, we outline the main sociolinguistic features of Russian as a heritage language of post-Soviet immigrants in European settings and beyond. We offer a general overview of the evolution of Russian as a global language, with a particular focus on its geodemographics and economic and social value as a lingua franca . Based on this, we analyse the main principles defining the maintenance of Russian as a language of migratio…
New spaces of new speaker profiles: Exploring language ideologies in transnational multilingual families
This article looks at Spanish-Estonian speaking families and their language ideologies in relation to language use in the family setting-how parents decide to use languages among themselves and with their children. Family members choose different languages for different purposes when they talk to one another. In our study, parents draw on their knowledge of the 'one parent-one language' strategy but also translanguage for different reasons, const…
The impact of inter-ethnic discordance on subjective vitality perceptions
Subjective ethno-linguistic vitality expresses a group's perception of its own ability to act as a distinctive collective entity in intergroup encounters. Although subjective vitality questionnaires have proved to be reliable instruments of measurement, there has been criticism that they underestimate actual vitality (see Yagmur, this issue). A possible reason for this might be that there are other factors present that can potentially affect vita…
Hot and cold ethnicities in the Baltic states
The article discusses the temperatures of the main ethnic groups in the Baltic states: Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, and their three Russian-speaking communities, and the Latgalian and Polish minority groups in Latvia and Lithuania, respectively. The study uses a triangulated methodology that includes a survey questionnaire for quantitative study and an associated protocol for a semi-structured focus group interview. The aim of the methodolog…
Family Language Policies of Multilingual Families during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Israel, and Sweden
This study explored the language and literacy practices of multilingual families in Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Israel, and Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study focuses on the different roles of family members in language transmission in order to understand whether these practices might have been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to answer two key research questions: RQ1, whether and how the pandemic conditions affected the he…
Language Practices within the Mixed Spanish-/Italian-/French- and Estonian-Speaking Families in Tallinn
This phenomenological study examined six mixed families living in Tallinn who are composed by French-/Italian-/Spanish-Estonian native speakers, who have at least one child who is being raised simultaneously with the combination of French-/Italian-/Spanish-Estonian and who all appeared to follow the one parent one language strategy as family language policy. The semi-structured interviews were conducted with parents. The theoretical aspect featur…
Translanguaging as a Dynamic Strategy for Heritage Language Transmission
This study explores translanguaging as a flexible and adaptive strategy for heritage language transmission within multilingual families residing in Cyprus, Estonia, and Sweden. Using a qualitative approach, the research examines family language policies, parental beliefs, and the linguistic practices of bilingual and multilingual families, where one parent speaks Russian. The findings reveal how translanguaging supports bilingual development by f…
Tallinn: Monolingual From Above and Multilingual From Below
This article presents a microanalysis of multilingual signs collected in Tallinn, a city composed of approximately 50% Estonian speakers and 50% Russian speakers. The data reveal that despite the official language policy promoting Estonian as the dominant language, "multilingualism from below" is widespread. The graphic representation of languages in multilingual texts sometimes involves creative forms constructed from the combination of the Esto…
Interethnic discordance and stability in Estonia
This article proposes a theoretical model of perceived intergroup stability (STB) consisting of two factors: the perceived strength differential (PSD) between the groups, expressing the changeability of the power relations, and the level of intergroup discordance (D), expressing the level of aversion towards the outgroup combined with the perceptions of legitimacy of intergroup power relations. A quantitative study of Estonian (N = 538) and Russi…
Multilingual dynamics: Exploring English as a third language in Russian-speaking families across Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Israel, and Sweden
Employing a qualitative approach for data collection and analysis, this research focuses on 50 multilingual families, with ten from each country. The study explores the role of English as a third language (L3) in both endogamous and exogamous multilingual families with immigrant and minority backgrounds across Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Israel, and Sweden. Additionally, it examines the impact of English on family language practices, its effects on…
Ethno-Linguistic Identity of Kazakhstani Student Youth in Modern Multinational Context of Kazakhstan (Sociolinguistic Analysis of Empirical Research)
This study explores the transformation of the ethno-linguistic identity of Kazakhstani student youth within the multilingual context of Kazakhstan, considering the impact of the country's language policies. Our research analyzes language choices, focusing on the knowledge and factors influencing parents and Kazakhstani youth when making decisions about children's language education, as well as the strategies they adopt for language use. The empir…
What is my country to me?’ Identity construction by Russian-speakers in the Baltic countries
Contributing to the research on interdependence between perceived ethnolinguistic vitality and identity construction patterns, the article takes a close look at the identities of Russian-speakers living in the Baltic countries. Combining quantitative and qualitative research, the purpose is to analyse ethnic, national, linguistic and imperial identity construction by respondents with different ethnolinguistic vitality profiles. The results show t…
Inter-ethnic processes in post-Soviet space: Theoretical background
This introductory article of a special issue outlines the general theoretical background, formulates principles for a continuum of hot and cold ethnicities, gives a brief characterisation of the interethnic developments after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and provides an overview of the papers. This collection of contributions deals with a variety of case studies with a particular focus on the strength of members' emotional attachment to th…
Family members at the epicentre of policy discourses
The articles in this thematic issue of Sociolinguistic Studies, ‘Family as a language policy regime: Agency, negotiation and local practices’, are concerned with the impact of family (language policy) among the minority population, whether indigenous or otherwise, on the sociolinguistic makeup of the contemporary policy regimes worldwide. Although family language policy is already a well-established domain of inquiry, this issue points to the wid…
Bottom-Up Approach to Language Policy and Planning in Kazakhstan
National and world news is constantly accompanied by inter-group dramas which are permeated by the dynamics of language use and attitudes. Conflicts can arise between the state insisting on an official language and the family and community who may support the preservation or revitalisation of heritage languages. Kazakhstan is an example of how languages (official Kazakh, the language of communication Russian and international English) coexist pea…
Language and identity in the late Soviet Union and thereafter
The introduction to the special issue takes a brief look at the history of ethnolinguistic policies in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and post-Soviet space. It also covers relevant key terms for understanding linguistic processes taking place after the collapse of USSR. At the end it introduces the case studies included in this special issue
Signs in context: Multilingual and Multimodal Texts in Semiotic Space
Morphology of Estonian items at the interface of Russian-Estonian language contact data
The paper argues that integration of code-switched items into the Matrix Language is not a straightforward process and does not entirely depend on the structural characteristics of the languages involved. Estonian-Russian code-switching is instructive because both languages are rich in inflectional morphology. Full integration of Estonian nouns into the Russian matrix means gender assignment and adding of inflection (case, number, or case and num…
National Corpus of the Russian Language: A Good Example for Minor Languages
Nacional’nyj korpus russkogo jazyka: rezul’taty i perspektivy [National Corpus of Russian Language: Outcomes and Perspectives]. Rossijskaja akademija nauk. Indrik: Institut russkogo jazyka imeni V.V. Vinogradova. Moskva. 2005. Pp. 344. ISBN 5-85759-358-1 (hbk): RB196. Malyje jazyki i tradicii: suşçestvovanije na grani [Minor Languages and Traditions: Being on the Border]. Aleksandr Kibrik (ed.). Novoje izdatel’stvo: Vypusk I. Lingvistiçeskije pro…
Cross-cultural communication: Theory & Training'. J. Roth & G. Koptelzewa ('06) / 'Literal translation & cross-cultural communication'. J. Obolenskaja ('06)
Alexander Bergs , Social networks and historical sociolinguistics: Studies in morphosyntactic variation in the Paston letters (1421–1503)
Alexander Bergs, Social networks and historical sociolinguistics: Studies in morphosyntactic variation in the Paston letters (1421–1503) . Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2005. Pp. xii, 318. Hb $123.20. Dedicated to morphosyntactic variation in the late Middle English Paston letters, this book comprises seven chapters, notes, and author and subject indexes. The introductory chapter gives a clear picture of the research goals as well as the book's stru…
The Sociolinguistics of Identity edited by Tope Omoniyi and Goodith White
Evaluating the Matrix Language Frame model on the basis of a Russian—Estonian codeswitching corpus
This article focuses on the question to what degree typological characteristics of the languages involved interact with the Matrix Language vs. Embedded Language and Content Morpheme vs. System Morpheme distinctions. In addition, the integration of Estonian items in Russian—Estonian codeswitched sentences is described, because the extent of integration of Estonian items into the Russian matrix is closely related to matrix language determination. …
Emerging bilingual speech: From monolingualism to code-copying
This article was downloaded by: [Zabrodskaja, Anastassia]On: 18 February 2010Access details: Access Details: [subscription number 919352021]Publisher RoutledgeInforma Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK
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Multidisciplinary approaches to code switching
Multidisciplinary approaches to code switching, edited by L. Isurin, D. Winford, and K. de Bot, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, PA, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2009, xviii+364 pp., €95/US$143 (hardb
Interethnic discordance and stability in Estonia
This article proposes a theoretical model of perceived intergroup stability (STB) consisting of two factors: the perceived strength differential (PSD) between the groups, expressing the changeability of the power relations, and the level of intergroup discordance (D), expressing the level of aversion towards the outgroup combined with the perceptions of legitimacy of intergroup power relations. A quantitative study of Estonian (N = 538) and Russi…
The impact of inter-ethnic discordance on subjective vitality perceptions
Subjective ethno-linguistic vitality expresses a group's perception of its own ability to act as a distinctive collective entity in intergroup encounters. Although subjective vitality questionnaires have proved to be reliable instruments of measurement, there has been criticism that they underestimate actual vitality (see Yagmur, this issue). A possible reason for this might be that there are other factors present that can potentially affect vita…
Minority languages and group identity: Cases and categories
Minority languages and group identity: cases and categories, by John Edwards, Amsterdam and Philadelphia, John Benjamins, 2010, ix+231 pp., US$149.00 or €99.00 (hbk), ISBN-978-90272 1866 7 During t
Crosslinguistic influence in language and cognition. Scott Jarvis and Aneta Pavlenko (2008) New York and London: Routledge. Pp 287. ISBN 0805838856
Crosslinguistic influence in language and cognition. Scott Jarvis and Aneta Pavlenko (2008) New York and London: Routledge. Pp 287. ISBN 0805838856Reviewed by Anastassia ZabrodskajaToday monolingualism is often perceived as an unmarked phenomenon that does not require any explanations (see the famous example by Romaine [1995] 2000:1 that a book entitled Monolingualism would appear extremely strange). Continuing the analogy, one can say that appro…
Hot and cold ethnicities in the Baltic states
The article discusses the temperatures of the main ethnic groups in the Baltic states: Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, and their three Russian-speaking communities, and the Latgalian and Polish minority groups in Latvia and Lithuania, respectively. The study uses a triangulated methodology that includes a survey questionnaire for quantitative study and an associated protocol for a semi-structured focus group interview. The aim of the methodolog…
Inter-ethnic processes in post-Soviet space: Theoretical background
This introductory article of a special issue outlines the general theoretical background, formulates principles for a continuum of hot and cold ethnicities, gives a brief characterisation of the interethnic developments after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and provides an overview of the papers. This collection of contributions deals with a variety of case studies with a particular focus on the strength of members' emotional attachment to th…
Signs in context: Multilingual and Multimodal Texts in Semiotic Space
Tallinn: Monolingual From Above and Multilingual From Below
This article presents a microanalysis of multilingual signs collected in Tallinn, a city composed of approximately 50% Estonian speakers and 50% Russian speakers. The data reveal that despite the official language policy promoting Estonian as the dominant language, "multilingualism from below" is widespread. The graphic representation of languages in multilingual texts sometimes involves creative forms constructed from the combination of the Esto…
What is my country to me?’ Identity construction by Russian-speakers in the Baltic countries
Contributing to the research on interdependence between perceived ethnolinguistic vitality and identity construction patterns, the article takes a close look at the identities of Russian-speakers living in the Baltic countries. Combining quantitative and qualitative research, the purpose is to analyse ethnic, national, linguistic and imperial identity construction by respondents with different ethnolinguistic vitality profiles. The results show t…
Morphology of Estonian items at the interface of Russian-Estonian language contact data
The paper argues that integration of code-switched items into the Matrix Language is not a straightforward process and does not entirely depend on the structural characteristics of the languages involved. Estonian-Russian code-switching is instructive because both languages are rich in inflectional morphology. Full integration of Estonian nouns into the Russian matrix means gender assignment and adding of inflection (case, number, or case and num…
Language and identity in the late Soviet Union and thereafter
The introduction to the special issue takes a brief look at the history of ethnolinguistic policies in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and post-Soviet space. It also covers relevant key terms for understanding linguistic processes taking place after the collapse of USSR. At the end it introduces the case studies included in this special issue
Language strategies for trilingual families: Parents' perspectives
In the current diverse societies, the number of families in which the parents come from different cultural backgrounds and speak different languages has rapidly increased due to migration across bo
Minority populations in Canadian second language education
New spaces of new speaker profiles: Exploring language ideologies in transnational multilingual families
This article looks at Spanish-Estonian speaking families and their language ideologies in relation to language use in the family setting-how parents decide to use languages among themselves and with their children. Family members choose different languages for different purposes when they talk to one another. In our study, parents draw on their knowledge of the 'one parent-one language' strategy but also translanguage for different reasons, const…
Language, Social Media and Ideologies: Translingual Englishes, Facebook and Authenticities Sender Dovchin (2020)
Language, Social Media and Ideologies: Translingual Englishes, Facebook and Authenticities Sender Dovchin (2020)
The Emoji Revolution: How Technology is Shaping the Future of Communication Philip Seargeant (2019)
The Emoji Revolution: How Technology is Shaping the Future of Communication Philip Seargeant (2019)
Translanguaging space and translanguaging practices in multilingual Russian-speaking families
Translanguaging is seen both as a threat and as an opportunity for minority language development and transmission. While the theme of translanguaging has been explored especially in a context of migration, the novelty of this study lies in its investigation of the multiple contexts in which translanguaging is examined. In order to understand the nature of translanguaging, we adopt a novel interdisciplinary approach and view it in all its complexi…
Linguistics (36 works) · Sociology (34 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (24 works) · Political science (24 works) · Psychology (20 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (16 works) · Computer Science (13 works) · Philosophy (13 works) · Language policy (10 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (10 works)