The Polish Language as an Intermediary Language of Foreign Influence on Russian Subdialects in Latgale

The speech of Russian old-timers in Latgale reveals lexemes belonging to other languages which came into being through the Polish language. This fact could be explained by the history of the region, which for the very long period had been integrated in the Poland-Lithuanian statehood. The article an...

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Main Author: E V Mateykovitch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2012-09-01
Series:RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/7543