The Phenomena of Interaction of Lithuanian and Russian Languages: the sociolinguistic aspect Cover Image

Явления взаимодействия литовского и русского языков: социолингвистический аспект
The Phenomena of Interaction of Lithuanian and Russian Languages: the sociolinguistic aspect

Author(s): Genovaitė Kačiuškiene, Nijolė Merkienė
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: the method of correlative analysis; the functional distribution of languages; Lithuanian language; Russian language

Summary/Abstract: The present paper reveals the cases of the Lithuanian and Russian language interaction. The examples are based on all language strata: phonetics, lexicology, morphology, and syntax in the oral and written modes by the Lithuanian and Russian students. Those stratum are affected by the sociolinguistic situation in Lithuania: the demographical composition revealing the different conditions of the contrasts in both languages, the status of the Lithuanian language as the state language, the functional distribution of the both languages (native and non-native), the processes of emigration and immigration, the reduction of the Russian language functioning, and the increasing influence of the western languages. The sociolinguistic interpretation of the phenomena is presented as well. Not only the differences between the languages, but also the sociolinguistic factors (i.e., an intensity of the both language usage, the linguistic experience in the professional area, etc.) are highlighted in the present paper. The method of correlative analysis was applied in the present study.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 557-565
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Russian