Veronika Makarova
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 788300 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Veronika Makarova |
| PRENOMES | Veronika |
| SOBRENOME | Makarova |
| ASSINATURA | MAKAROVA V |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Saskatchewan |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1885-0989 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2001 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Heritage language acquisition and community language schools
This paper examines the role of Mandarin community heritage language schools (MCHLS) in the acquisition of Mandarin Chinese as a heritage language in Saskatchewan, Canada. As compared to earlier research of schools with more intensive bilingual programming in major urban locations, this study explores a smaller community context. The study involved 70 bi-/multilingual children who spoke Mandarin and English (with a few speaking additional languag…
Navigating Languages in a Time of War
This article examines the use of home languages among first-generation Ukrainian immigrants in Canada, focusing on changes in language practices and attitudes since the war began. Using a mixed methods approach, the study collected data from 85 survey participants and 27 interviewees. Quantitative analysis shows a significant shift toward using Ukrainian, with Russian usage declining, especially in public settings. Participants are determined to …
Migration experiences and adaptation strategies of transnational refugee Ukrainian families in Cyprus
This study explores the experiences of Ukrainian refugee families in Cyprus, focusing on their migration challenges and adaptation strategies. It examines how they navigate daily obstacles, maintain well-being, and preserve cultural and linguistic identities amid displacement caused by war and instability. Despite their diversity, the research highlights their shared efforts to sustain family ties across borders despite separation and mobility co…
Heritage Language Education
Heritage language education (HLE) has developed along with heritage language and bi‐ and multilingualism studies since the late 20th century. HLE is now established as a separate branch of applied linguistics that investigates the specific educational needs of heritage language learners (HLL) and determines the best pedagogical means of matching these needs. This encyclopedia entry introduces the concept of heritage languages (HL), identifies som…
Language Use and Attitudes Among Ukrainian Refugees in Canada
The language use of Ukrainian war refugees has attracted the attention of researchers worldwide due to the unprecedented number of individuals displaced since the onset of the war in 2022. Earlier studies have documented a shift in language use and attitudes in Ukraine, marked by a diminished role for Russian and increased prominence of Ukrainian both within the country and among Ukrainian émigré communities abroad. However, the role of age in th…
Russian-speaking immigrants’ adaptation in Canada
This article examines acculturation among Russian speakers in Canada focusing on immigration goals achievement, integration, feeling at home in Canada, and self-identity vis-à-vis the participants’ socio-demographic characteristics and language use. The study draws on data from a survey which was completed by 100 native speakers of Russian. The survey included Likert-scale responses and short answers analyzed quantitatively using Pearson correlat…
Doukhobors (Spirit Wrestlers) and Colonialism in Canada
Colonialism can be seen as a historical process, or an ideology. As this article demonstrates, for Canadian Doukhobors, it is also a lived experience. Canadian Doukhobors, or Spirit Wrestlers, are a group of pacifist religious dissenters of mixed ethnic origins who immigrated to Canada from the Russian Empire in 1899. The worldview of the Doukhobors was radically different from the principles on which the colonial government was founded. The goal…
The Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana
Communication during a crisis can affect crisis management and health outcomes. Only a few studies in Africa have examined political leaders’ speeches on Covid-19 pandemic preventive and restrictive lockdown measures. The purpose of this study is to examine the discourse strategies employed in President Nana Addo’s speeches delivered to Ghanaians on the measures taken to combat the coronavirus. The first ten speeches of Nana Addo since the incept…
Developing literature review writing and citation practices through an online writing tutorial series
Writing a literature review (LR) in English can be a daunting task for non-native English-speaking graduate students due to the complexities of this academic genre. To help graduate students raise genre awareness and develop LR writing skills, a five-unit online tutorial series was designed and implemented at a large university in Canada. The tutorial focuses on the following features of the LR genre: logical structure, academic vocabulary, synta…
The linguistic Odyssey of Russian-speaking immigrants in Canada
Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: Very little is known to date about the long-term dynamics of balancing home and dominant languages by adult immigrants. Russian-speaking immigrants in Canada remain an underrepresented group with no available studies of their language development. To address these gaps, this article describes a linguistic journey experienced by Russian-speaking immigrants in Canada as they adapt to the life in the h…
The Role of English Proficiency in the Adaptation of Ukrainian Immigrant Children and Youth in Saskatchewan, Canada
This article reports the results of a small-scale study examining the role of English language proficiency in the adaptation of Ukrainian immigrant children and youth to life in Saskatchewan, Canada. The main objective of the study was to describe issues related to English as a Second Language (ESL) proficiency as they are perceived by Ukrainian children and youth and by their parents. The second objective of the study was to explore the followin…
Some Morphosyntactic Features of Russian as a Heritage Language in the Speech of Bi/Multilingual Children in Canada
This article addresses the development of some features of morphology and syntax in the speech of bi/multilingual children in Saskatchewan, Canada, who are heritage speakers of Russian. The article reports on the results of a descriptive study examining some morpho-syntactic characteristics of the Russian speech of 29 children between 5 and 6 years old from immigrant families. These results are compared with a sample of speech data produced by Ru…
Age and gender in Iranian ‘ taaroff ’ politeness system
This paper focuses on the Iranian taaroff politeness system. We report a quantitative analysis of the attitudes to taaroff held by 60 Iranians (30 women and 30 men) of two age groups (20–29 and 40–59 years old) and their use of formulaic taaroff expressions in conversations. The data come from dialogues elicited from the participants in Iran via short scripted scenarios and from their answers to a questionnaire survey about their attitudes to taa…
Evolution of the Contemporary Doukhobor Sobranie Practice in Saskatchewan
This paper focuses on sobranie (assembly) practice of the Doukhobor (Doukhobortsy or Spirit Wrestlers) community in Saskatchewan. The paper describes Doukhobor prayer homes, sobranie/molenie (prayer assemblies) as well as the major event of the year: Peter’s Day celebrations. The study is based on over 60 hours of observations between 2010 and 2018. The evolution of the prayer assemblies from the early 20th century to modern times, as well as the…
Gender factor in the expression of politeness in Farsi
This paper focuses on the role of gender in the expression of politeness in the Iranian language, Farsi (Persian). Expressions of linguistic politeness are believed to be cultural universals. Farsi is known for the complexities of its politeness system, called ‘ta’aroff’, which reflects social hierarchies. This study employs a questionnaire interview and dialogical text analysis (ta’aroff expressions count) to explore whether the production and p…
Children’s language exposure and parental language attitudes in Russian-as-a-heritage-language acquisition by bilingual and multilingual children in Canada
Aims and Objectives/Purpose/Research Questions: The research study presented in this paper aims to describe some aspects of the maintenance of Russian as a heritage language among bilingual/multilingual children in Saskatchewan, Canada. The study focuses on the relationship between parents’ language attitudes and children’s language exposure on the one hand and child language proficiency on the other hand. The research questions are as follows. W…
Ex-neuter-gender nouns in Canadian Doukhobor Russian
This paper addresses the morpho-syntactic forms of ex-neuter-gender of Canadian Doukhobor Russian nouns. Doukhobor Russian is a near-extinct variety of Russian spoken by a small group of elderly Doukhobors (a religious and ethnic minority of Russian origins) residing mostly in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Alberta. While Standard Russian has three noun genders (feminine, masculine and neuter), this paper demonstrates that in Doukhobor Russia…
Chasing foxes in Russian folk tales
This paper examines the representation of foxes in Russian folk tales (narodnye skazki). It explores the frequency of the word “fox” (lisa) in the titles of folk tales, the number of single occurrences of a fox per folk tale, and the vocabulary used to refer to foxes in the texts of Russian folk tales. The paper demonstrates that the fox is the most popular character in Russian folk tales about animals, but is very rarely found in fairy tales. It…
Ukrainian Ethnicity and Language Interactions in Saskatchewan
This paper explores the reported ethnic self-identity of Saskatchewan residents with Ukrainian ancestry, the role of the Ukrainian language in this identity, and the correlation between the factors of ethnic identity, Ukrainian language proficiency, age, gender, and generation. The results show that most participants (Saskatchewan residents with Ukrainian ancestry) identify themselves as "Ukrainian Canadians," about a quarter of respondents ident…
Doukhobor ‘freedom seeker’ nudism
This article explores the reasons behind nude protests among some groups of Canadian Doukhobors in the early twentieth century. Nude protests had never been practised by the Doukhobors until their arrival in Canada, and the reasons for this form of protest have not been sufficiently clarified in research. The author suggests that the choice of nudism as a form of protest by some Canadian Doukhobors (‘freedom seekers’) could be triggered by a comb…
The Effect of Pitch Peak Alignment on Sentence Type Identification in Russian
This paper reports the results of an experimental phonetic study examining pitch peak alignment in production and perception of three-syllable one-word sentences with phonetic rising-falling pitch movement by speakers of Russian. The first part of the study (Experiment 1) utilizes 22 one-word three-syllable utterances read by five female speakers of Russian as a declarative, an exclamation, and an interrogative. Significant differences in the ali…
Perceptual correlates of sentence-type intonation in Russian and Japanese
The Effect of Pitch Peak Alignment on Sentence Type Identification in Russian
This paper reports the results of an experimental phonetic study examining pitch peak alignment in production and perception of three-syllable one-word sentences with phonetic rising-falling pitch movement by speakers of Russian. The first part of the study (Experiment 1) utilizes 22 one-word three-syllable utterances read by five female speakers of Russian as a declarative, an exclamation, and an interrogative. Significant differences in the ali…
Perceptual correlates of sentence-type intonation in Russian and Japanese
Perceptual correlates of sentence-type intonation in Russian and Japanese
The Effect of Pitch Peak Alignment on Sentence Type Identification in Russian
This paper reports the results of an experimental phonetic study examining pitch peak alignment in production and perception of three-syllable one-word sentences with phonetic rising-falling pitch movement by speakers of Russian. The first part of the study (Experiment 1) utilizes 22 one-word three-syllable utterances read by five female speakers of Russian as a declarative, an exclamation, and an interrogative. Significant differences in the ali…
Doukhobor ‘freedom seeker’ nudism
This article explores the reasons behind nude protests among some groups of Canadian Doukhobors in the early twentieth century. Nude protests had never been practised by the Doukhobors until their arrival in Canada, and the reasons for this form of protest have not been sufficiently clarified in research. The author suggests that the choice of nudism as a form of protest by some Canadian Doukhobors (‘freedom seekers’) could be triggered by a comb…
Ukrainian Ethnicity and Language Interactions in Saskatchewan
This paper explores the reported ethnic self-identity of Saskatchewan residents with Ukrainian ancestry, the role of the Ukrainian language in this identity, and the correlation between the factors of ethnic identity, Ukrainian language proficiency, age, gender, and generation. The results show that most participants (Saskatchewan residents with Ukrainian ancestry) identify themselves as "Ukrainian Canadians," about a quarter of respondents ident…
Chasing foxes in Russian folk tales
This paper examines the representation of foxes in Russian folk tales (narodnye skazki). It explores the frequency of the word “fox” (lisa) in the titles of folk tales, the number of single occurrences of a fox per folk tale, and the vocabulary used to refer to foxes in the texts of Russian folk tales. The paper demonstrates that the fox is the most popular character in Russian folk tales about animals, but is very rarely found in fairy tales. It…
Children’s language exposure and parental language attitudes in Russian-as-a-heritage-language acquisition by bilingual and multilingual children in Canada
Aims and Objectives/Purpose/Research Questions: The research study presented in this paper aims to describe some aspects of the maintenance of Russian as a heritage language among bilingual/multilingual children in Saskatchewan, Canada. The study focuses on the relationship between parents’ language attitudes and children’s language exposure on the one hand and child language proficiency on the other hand. The research questions are as follows. W…
Ex-neuter-gender nouns in Canadian Doukhobor Russian
This paper addresses the morpho-syntactic forms of ex-neuter-gender of Canadian Doukhobor Russian nouns. Doukhobor Russian is a near-extinct variety of Russian spoken by a small group of elderly Doukhobors (a religious and ethnic minority of Russian origins) residing mostly in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Alberta. While Standard Russian has three noun genders (feminine, masculine and neuter), this paper demonstrates that in Doukhobor Russia…
Age and gender in Iranian ‘ taaroff ’ politeness system
This paper focuses on the Iranian taaroff politeness system. We report a quantitative analysis of the attitudes to taaroff held by 60 Iranians (30 women and 30 men) of two age groups (20–29 and 40–59 years old) and their use of formulaic taaroff expressions in conversations. The data come from dialogues elicited from the participants in Iran via short scripted scenarios and from their answers to a questionnaire survey about their attitudes to taa…
Evolution of the Contemporary Doukhobor Sobranie Practice in Saskatchewan
This paper focuses on sobranie (assembly) practice of the Doukhobor (Doukhobortsy or Spirit Wrestlers) community in Saskatchewan. The paper describes Doukhobor prayer homes, sobranie/molenie (prayer assemblies) as well as the major event of the year: Peter’s Day celebrations. The study is based on over 60 hours of observations between 2010 and 2018. The evolution of the prayer assemblies from the early 20th century to modern times, as well as the…
Gender factor in the expression of politeness in Farsi
This paper focuses on the role of gender in the expression of politeness in the Iranian language, Farsi (Persian). Expressions of linguistic politeness are believed to be cultural universals. Farsi is known for the complexities of its politeness system, called ‘ta’aroff’, which reflects social hierarchies. This study employs a questionnaire interview and dialogical text analysis (ta’aroff expressions count) to explore whether the production and p…
The Role of English Proficiency in the Adaptation of Ukrainian Immigrant Children and Youth in Saskatchewan, Canada
This article reports the results of a small-scale study examining the role of English language proficiency in the adaptation of Ukrainian immigrant children and youth to life in Saskatchewan, Canada. The main objective of the study was to describe issues related to English as a Second Language (ESL) proficiency as they are perceived by Ukrainian children and youth and by their parents. The second objective of the study was to explore the followin…
Some Morphosyntactic Features of Russian as a Heritage Language in the Speech of Bi/Multilingual Children in Canada
This article addresses the development of some features of morphology and syntax in the speech of bi/multilingual children in Saskatchewan, Canada, who are heritage speakers of Russian. The article reports on the results of a descriptive study examining some morpho-syntactic characteristics of the Russian speech of 29 children between 5 and 6 years old from immigrant families. These results are compared with a sample of speech data produced by Ru…
The Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana
Communication during a crisis can affect crisis management and health outcomes. Only a few studies in Africa have examined political leaders’ speeches on Covid-19 pandemic preventive and restrictive lockdown measures. The purpose of this study is to examine the discourse strategies employed in President Nana Addo’s speeches delivered to Ghanaians on the measures taken to combat the coronavirus. The first ten speeches of Nana Addo since the incept…
Developing literature review writing and citation practices through an online writing tutorial series
Writing a literature review (LR) in English can be a daunting task for non-native English-speaking graduate students due to the complexities of this academic genre. To help graduate students raise genre awareness and develop LR writing skills, a five-unit online tutorial series was designed and implemented at a large university in Canada. The tutorial focuses on the following features of the LR genre: logical structure, academic vocabulary, synta…
The linguistic Odyssey of Russian-speaking immigrants in Canada
Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: Very little is known to date about the long-term dynamics of balancing home and dominant languages by adult immigrants. Russian-speaking immigrants in Canada remain an underrepresented group with no available studies of their language development. To address these gaps, this article describes a linguistic journey experienced by Russian-speaking immigrants in Canada as they adapt to the life in the h…
Doukhobors (Spirit Wrestlers) and Colonialism in Canada
Colonialism can be seen as a historical process, or an ideology. As this article demonstrates, for Canadian Doukhobors, it is also a lived experience. Canadian Doukhobors, or Spirit Wrestlers, are a group of pacifist religious dissenters of mixed ethnic origins who immigrated to Canada from the Russian Empire in 1899. The worldview of the Doukhobors was radically different from the principles on which the colonial government was founded. The goal…
Heritage Language Education
Heritage language education (HLE) has developed along with heritage language and bi‐ and multilingualism studies since the late 20th century. HLE is now established as a separate branch of applied linguistics that investigates the specific educational needs of heritage language learners (HLL) and determines the best pedagogical means of matching these needs. This encyclopedia entry introduces the concept of heritage languages (HL), identifies som…
Language Use and Attitudes Among Ukrainian Refugees in Canada
The language use of Ukrainian war refugees has attracted the attention of researchers worldwide due to the unprecedented number of individuals displaced since the onset of the war in 2022. Earlier studies have documented a shift in language use and attitudes in Ukraine, marked by a diminished role for Russian and increased prominence of Ukrainian both within the country and among Ukrainian émigré communities abroad. However, the role of age in th…
Russian-speaking immigrants’ adaptation in Canada
This article examines acculturation among Russian speakers in Canada focusing on immigration goals achievement, integration, feeling at home in Canada, and self-identity vis-à-vis the participants’ socio-demographic characteristics and language use. The study draws on data from a survey which was completed by 100 native speakers of Russian. The survey included Likert-scale responses and short answers analyzed quantitatively using Pearson correlat…
Heritage language acquisition and community language schools
This paper examines the role of Mandarin community heritage language schools (MCHLS) in the acquisition of Mandarin Chinese as a heritage language in Saskatchewan, Canada. As compared to earlier research of schools with more intensive bilingual programming in major urban locations, this study explores a smaller community context. The study involved 70 bi-/multilingual children who spoke Mandarin and English (with a few speaking additional languag…
Navigating Languages in a Time of War
This article examines the use of home languages among first-generation Ukrainian immigrants in Canada, focusing on changes in language practices and attitudes since the war began. Using a mixed methods approach, the study collected data from 85 survey participants and 27 interviewees. Quantitative analysis shows a significant shift toward using Ukrainian, with Russian usage declining, especially in public settings. Participants are determined to …
Migration experiences and adaptation strategies of transnational refugee Ukrainian families in Cyprus
This study explores the experiences of Ukrainian refugee families in Cyprus, focusing on their migration challenges and adaptation strategies. It examines how they navigate daily obstacles, maintain well-being, and preserve cultural and linguistic identities amid displacement caused by war and instability. Despite their diversity, the research highlights their shared efforts to sustain family ties across borders despite separation and mobility co…
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