Language And Cultural Contacts In The Russian-Nordic Borderlands: Change And Continuity

Andrian Vlakhov (), Alina Deresh, Elena Mironova, Polina Nedaikhleb, Anastasia Reshetnikova, Aleksei Ryzhkov and Anastasia Smirnova
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Andrian Vlakhov: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Alina Deresh: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Elena Mironova: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Polina Nedaikhleb: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Anastasia Reshetnikova: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Aleksei Ryzhkov: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Anastasia Smirnova: National Research University Higher School of Economics

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Abstract: Russian-Nordic borderlands are an important area of intense contact and cooperation between various communities with diverse sociocultural and linguistic backgrounds. During the recent decades, such contact has significantly intensified, bringing into life new linguistic and cultural strategies and creating new identities in the region. Based on field data, we argue that this borderland region features a unique linguistic and cultural landscape imbued with multilingualism and multiculturalism, most of whose residents — indigenous and non-indigenous alike — become involved in the cross-border contact in one way or another. The contact becomes an indispensable feature of the local landscape, defining its sociocultural image and acting as the strongest marker of the local residents’ identity. The study also highlights the general idea of linguistic and cultural contact as one of the main life strategies in the region

Keywords: language situation; borderland communities; Russian-Nordic borderlands; language contacts; cultural contacts; Arctic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2021
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Published in WP BRP Series: Linguistics / LNG, December 2021, pages 1-25

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