RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN NORTHERN NORWAY: HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL TIES
This article addresses the topic “Commodification of the Russian language”. The author examines the process of commodification in the Norwegian city of Kirkenes and connects this phenomenon with the rise of the new economy and the current cooperation between Russia and Norway. The paper pre-sents an...
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Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
2017-12-01
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| author | Margarita Olnova |
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| description | This article addresses the topic “Commodification of the Russian language”. The author examines the process of commodification in the Norwegian city of Kirkenes and connects this phenomenon with the rise of the new economy and the current cooperation between Russia and Norway. The paper pre-sents an analysis of the linguistic landscape of Kirkenes, newspaper publications devoted to the “Russian Kirkenes” and interviews with Russian tourists and residents of the city. According to the author, the situation in Kirkenes illustrates the transition of the old economy into a new one: the former mining city turned into a tourist Mecca of the North, a center of cooperation of the Nordic countries. In such conditions, know-ledge of the Russian language becomes beneficial for the city's residents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-98f9290bab9440158de520bfcebf13282022-12-22T01:32:00ZengPeoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN2312-91822312-92122017-12-0121358760410.22363/2312-9182-2017-21-3-587-60415533RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN NORTHERN NORWAY: HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL TIESMargarita Olnova0Центр русского языка и культуры в ОслоThis article addresses the topic “Commodification of the Russian language”. The author examines the process of commodification in the Norwegian city of Kirkenes and connects this phenomenon with the rise of the new economy and the current cooperation between Russia and Norway. The paper pre-sents an analysis of the linguistic landscape of Kirkenes, newspaper publications devoted to the “Russian Kirkenes” and interviews with Russian tourists and residents of the city. According to the author, the situation in Kirkenes illustrates the transition of the old economy into a new one: the former mining city turned into a tourist Mecca of the North, a center of cooperation of the Nordic countries. In such conditions, know-ledge of the Russian language becomes beneficial for the city's residents.http://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/16792русский языкязыковые ландшафтыкоммодификацияНорвегия |
| spellingShingle | Margarita Olnova RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN NORTHERN NORWAY: HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL TIES Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN русский язык языковые ландшафты коммодификация Норвегия |
| title | RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN NORTHERN NORWAY: HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL TIES |
| title_full | RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN NORTHERN NORWAY: HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL TIES |
| title_fullStr | RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN NORTHERN NORWAY: HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL TIES |
| title_full_unstemmed | RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN NORTHERN NORWAY: HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL TIES |
| title_short | RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN NORTHERN NORWAY: HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL TIES |
| title_sort | russian language in northern norway historical economic and cultural ties |
| topic | русский язык языковые ландшафты коммодификация Норвегия |
| url | http://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/16792 |
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