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Leisio, Larisa – International Journal of Bilingualism, 2000
Analyzes the word order in noun phrases with a genitive modifier in the colloquial speech of the Russian diaspora in Finland. Informants are considered as either dialect speakers or non-dialect speakers. The study demonstrates how intralinguistic, interlinguistic, and extralinguistic factors operate cojointly, inducing language change. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dialects, Foreign Countries, Interference (Language)