Russian Speakers and 'The Russian Language' in Ireland: Unity, Hybridity, Standard and Variation

Autor/in	Denman, Feargus
Titel	Russian Speakers and 'The Russian Language' in Ireland: Unity, Hybridity, Standard and Variation
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 42 (2021) 2, S.178-194 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2020.1730383
Schlagwörter	Russian; Metalinguistics; Standard Spoken Usage; Foreign Countries; Multilingualism; Sociolinguistics; Correlation; Self Concept; Language Variation; Monolingualism; Language Attitudes; Immigrants; Native Speakers; Group Discussion; Language Usage; Language Role; Social Change; Program Descriptions; Ireland; USSR + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Russisch; Metalanguage; Metasprache; Gesprochene Sprache; Umgangssprache; Ausland; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Soziolinguistik; Korrelation; Selbstkonzept; Sprachenvielfalt; Sprachverhalten; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Muttersprachler; Gruppendiskussion; Sprachgebrauch; Sozialer Wandel; Irland
Abstract	This article examines how Russian speakers in Ireland delimit and describe (their/the) Russian language in relation to representations of standard Russian. It is based on analysis of discussions conducted between speakers of Russian living in Ireland, facilitated by the Our Languages (2008-2011) research project, investigating multilingualism and sociolinguistic dispositions amid Ireland's Russian-speaking population. Three metalinguistic orientations are foregrounded: (1) participants affirm the naturally and normatively discrete identity of 'the' Russian language; (2) despite this unitary identity, participants distinguish between registers and levels of relative purity in Russian; (3) participants relate generalised linguistic form to a concept of community. The interplay of these orientations -- toward an essentially unitary and unifying Russian language, away from 'improper' forms of that language, and into reflection on collective identity -- reveals a model culture of standard language within the polyglossic context of Irish society, combining the routinely claimed characteristics of generality and authenticity. The article interprets the contradictory dynamic between these characteristics in relation to a Bakhtinian concept of "monolingualism" and a critical conceptualisation of "language community." Participants configure Russian as one among 'our languages' through the iterative negotiation of a tension between ideological monolingualism and actual heteroglossia. (As Provided).
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