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Культурно значимые референтные ситуации в текстах при бикультурализме
Culturally significant referential situations in texts in case of biculturalism

Author(s): Elena Erofeeva, Tamara Erofeeva
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: language and cultural contact; biculturalism; Komi-Permyak language; Russian language; spontaneous speech; referential situations.

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the content peculiarities of the Russian texts gen-erated by the Komi-Permyak bilinguals. While the first contacts of Komi-Permyaks and Russians took place over 500 years ago, until now the influence of the lan-guages and cultures on each other is sufficiently strong. The researched material is the culturally significant referential situations which are pointed by the Komi-Permyaks in the Russian language spontaneous narratives (sto-ries about themselves). The analysis of culturally significant referential situations in texts represents the biculturalism of Komi-Permyaks and demonstrates that now the national identity of Komi-Permyaks is connected with their natural language (Komi-Permyak) and the place of residence of the most Komi-Permyaks – the Komi-Permyak National District, native nature and habitual rural lifestyles.

  • Issue Year: 11/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 7-16
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Russian