Immigration Discourse and the Prospects of Russian Language in Lithuania
In contrast to the ongoing emigration, immigration to Lithuania cannot be called intensive, and this topic as a whole remains on the periphery of public and academic attention. This article offers a description of the situation of immigration from the perspective of sociolinguistics. In particular,...
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Vilnius University Press
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| description | In contrast to the ongoing emigration, immigration to Lithuania cannot be called intensive, and this topic as a whole remains on the periphery of public and academic attention. This article offers a description of the situation of immigration from the perspective of sociolinguistics. In particular, an analysis of the discourse of today’s Russian-speaking immigration to Lithuania reveals the linguistic attitudes of immigrants with a native Russian language or their own, their adaptation strategies, family language planning, and, ultimately, makes it possible to formulate general conclusions about the prospects of preserving / not preserving Russian-speaking community in the host country.
The paper summarizes interview materials with immigrants from Russia and some post-Soviet countries posted on the Lithuanian Internet, as well as recorded during this study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-595ccf43cd4b4fc3ad25e96f073c803d2022-12-21T23:41:52ZengVilnius University PressSlavistica Vilnensis2351-68952424-61152019-12-0164210.15388/SlavViln.2019.64(2).26Immigration Discourse and the Prospects of Russian Language in LithuaniaAlla Likhachiova0Vilnius University, LithuaniaIn contrast to the ongoing emigration, immigration to Lithuania cannot be called intensive, and this topic as a whole remains on the periphery of public and academic attention. This article offers a description of the situation of immigration from the perspective of sociolinguistics. In particular, an analysis of the discourse of today’s Russian-speaking immigration to Lithuania reveals the linguistic attitudes of immigrants with a native Russian language or their own, their adaptation strategies, family language planning, and, ultimately, makes it possible to formulate general conclusions about the prospects of preserving / not preserving Russian-speaking community in the host country. The paper summarizes interview materials with immigrants from Russia and some post-Soviet countries posted on the Lithuanian Internet, as well as recorded during this study.https://www.journals.vu.lt/slavistica-vilnensis/article/view/16834Russian-speaking immigrantsimmigration discourselanguage attitudesinterviewsthe language group vitality |
| spellingShingle | Alla Likhachiova Immigration Discourse and the Prospects of Russian Language in Lithuania Slavistica Vilnensis Russian-speaking immigrants immigration discourse language attitudes interviews the language group vitality |
| title | Immigration Discourse and the Prospects of Russian Language in Lithuania |
| title_full | Immigration Discourse and the Prospects of Russian Language in Lithuania |
| title_fullStr | Immigration Discourse and the Prospects of Russian Language in Lithuania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Immigration Discourse and the Prospects of Russian Language in Lithuania |
| title_short | Immigration Discourse and the Prospects of Russian Language in Lithuania |
| title_sort | immigration discourse and the prospects of russian language in lithuania |
| topic | Russian-speaking immigrants immigration discourse language attitudes interviews the language group vitality |
| url | https://www.journals.vu.lt/slavistica-vilnensis/article/view/16834 |
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