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Pavlenko, Aneta – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
The purpose of this paper is to examine how Russian became a commodity in the global service industry in the decade between 2004 and 2014 and, in some places, much earlier. I will begin with a discussion of sociolinguistic theory of "commodification of language", focusing on aspects critical for this case study. Then, I will trace the…
Descriptors: Language Role, Russian, Commercialization, Case Studies
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Pavlenko, Aneta; Malt, Barbara C. – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2011
We examined first language (L1) naming of common household objects in three groups of Russian-English bilinguals: early, childhood and late bilinguals. Their naming patterns were compared with those of native speakers of Russian and English, in order to detect possible second language (L2) English influence on L1 Russian naming patterns. We…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Russian, English, Native Language