{"product_id":"emerging-bilingual-speech-from-monolingualism-to-code-copying-9781441127440","title":"Emerging Bilingual Speech: From Monolingualism to Code-Copying","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Anna Verschik\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Continnuum-3pl\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Continnuum-3pl\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Bilingual Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna Verschik offers a new perspective on how a previously monolingual community of Russian-speakers in Estonia is rapidly becoming bilingual after the end of the Soviet occupation in 1991. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe contact-induced change in Russian under the growing impact of Estonian is analysed in the theoretical framework of code-copying. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChanges in linguistic behaviour of the speakers are often a result of intentional cultivation of non-monolingual communication strategies and language policies, and go hand in hand with the development of a new identity, 'Estonian Russians'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmerging Bilingual Speech is a fascinating study that will be of interest to researchers studying language contact, language change and bilingualism.","brand":"Continnuum-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45083490156695,"sku":"9781441127440","price":4981.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781441127440.webp?v=1767263895","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/emerging-bilingual-speech-from-monolingualism-to-code-copying-9781441127440","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}