Language attitudes and ‘folk linguistics’ of Russian-speaking migrants in the UK
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12977905 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Polina Kliuchnikova (Durham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 179-192 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Russian Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1940-9427 • E-ISSN: 1940-9419 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19409419.2015.1044871 |
| OpenAlex | W1860329059 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 14 |
This article discusses language attitudes towards Russian and metalinguistic interpretations of its place, functions and image as expressed by post-Soviet Russian-speaking migrants residing in the north-east of England. By adopting a larger perspective of folk linguistics to tackle the diverse accounts of speakers, it examines the way Russian-speaking migrants perceive and explain main areas of their sociolinguistic experiences as a minority group. General reflections on control, power and standardisation in language maintenance become indicative of overpowering language ideologies embedded in schooling practices and consequently reproduced in personal narratives. Transforming patterns of individual language behaviour demonstrate the developments of new migrant identities, both belonging to wider ‘Russians abroad’ categories and excluded from the ‘mainland’ speech community. More generalised assumptions about language taxonomy and portrayal re-shape their mind-mapping schemata and self-understanding as a distinctive migrant group within the British environment
Ideology · Language ideology · Linguistics · Mainland · Narrative · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Multilingual Education and Policy
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |