Russian-Ukrainian bilingualism in language contact’s theory

Authors

  • Tatiana N. Kurohtina Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences , Институт славяноведения РАН

Keywords:

Ukrainian language, bilingualism, language contact, language situation, close related bilingualism

Abstract

The article describes various approaches to exploring bilingual situations. The analysis of different types of bilingualism reveals specific features of the linguistic situa- tion in the Ukraine which is absolutely natural taking into consideration the fact that two closely related languages exist and interact with each other on the same territory for more than two centuries.

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Published

01-12-2014

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Section

Slavic culture through the prism of language