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Patterns Of Language Use And Language Choice Among The Cuban Community In Russia
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In: Open Access Theses (2014)
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The multiculturalism of a modern society involves constant interrelations of minority and dominant linguistic communities, which are reflected in language. Within this context patterns of language use and choice, language attitudes and language and identity connection have received special attention from a sociolinguistic perspective to better understand the outcomes of such language contact The aim of the present study is to analyze patterns of language use, language choice, and language identity issues of two groups of Cuban immigrants in Russian society: individuals born in Cuba with both parents of Cuban origin (CC group) and individuals born in Cuba from mixed Cuban-Russian families (CR group). This community presents a unique opportunity for investigation due to several factors: (1) a number of key characteristics of the community, i.e. small size of the population, distance from Cuba with the result in the amount of contact with Spanish-speaking monolinguals, (2) the level of ethnolinguistic vitality of the community in the Russian environment, and (3) strong positive cultural-historical background of Soviet-Cuban relations. In order to better address the aims of this study, three hypotheses were proposed. Firstly, the CC group will indicate higher Spanish language proficiency and more extensive use of Spanish than the CR group. Secondly, both groups will value Spanish as a language for intimate communication - family and friends (high integrative value). Finally, the CC group will express a stronger sense of Cuban identity than the CR group. To obtain necessary data for the study a mixed method approach was employed. First, quantitative methods, specifically Likert-type scale questions of a sociolinguistic questionnaire, were used to elicit information on language proficiency, integrative and instrumental value of Spanish, as well as language and identity aspects. Second, qualitative methods, drawing on interviews and open-ended survey questions, were used to obtain information on the experience and background attitudes of the subjects, and to highlight quantitative results. The findings of the study show the positive connection of both groups to the Spanish language, despite the level of ethnolinguistic vitality of the community and absence of the ongoing influx of Cubans to Russia. The results also support the proposed hypotheses and serve as an indicator of overall stronger connections to the Spanish language and Cuban identity among the CC group relative to the gradual process of language and identity shift among the CR group.
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Anthropological Linguistics and Sociolinguistics; Cubans; Language; Language and identity; Language attitudes; Language use; Latina/o Studies; Linguistics; literature and linguistics; Slavic Languages and Societies; Social sciences
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URL: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses/283 https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1308&context=open_access_theses
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Cultural Discourse in Taiwan. Ed. Chin-Chuan Cheng, I-Chun Wang, and Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek.
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Cultural Discourse Analysis of Russian Alcohol Consumption
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In: Doctoral Dissertations (2014)
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How to Ask for a Favor: An Exploration of Speech Act Pragmatics in Heritage Russian
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In: Bryn Mawr College Dissertations and Theses (2013)
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The Paradox Of Amnesia: Tondelli's Un weekend postmoderno
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In: Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (2013)
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Towards a Multilingual Future: The Ecology of Language at a University in Eastern Ukraine
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In: Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations (2013)
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Explicit Grammar Instruction and the Acquisition of Second Language Verbal Morphology: A Framework for Generalized Learning in Second Language Acquisition
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In: Bryn Mawr College Dissertations and Theses (2012)
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The Development of Pragmatic Competence and Perception of Requests by American Learners of the Russian Language
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Investigating Syntactic and Lexical Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency in the Writing of Heritage Speakers of Russian
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Psychological Culture: Ambivalence and Resistance to Social Change
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In: http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article%3D1004%26context%3Drussian_culture (2012)
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Psychological Culture: Ambivalence and Resistance to Social Change
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Pauline Viardot's Russian compositions
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Luciano Bianciardi’s Aprire il fuoco: on the Function of Literature in Society
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Slavic Sociolinguistics in North America: Lineage and Leading Edge
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North American Contributions to Slavic Sociolinguistics
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Slavic Sociolinguistics in North America: Lineage and Leading Edge
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The Curse Of The Traveling Dancer: Romani Representation From 19Th- Century European Literature To Hollywood Film And Beyond
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In: Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 (2009)
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