An Account of Social Usages of Americanized Argot in Modern Russia.

Korovkin, Michael A.

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Publication Date: 1987

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An Account of Social Usages of Americanized Argot in Modern Russia.

Korovkin, Michael A.

Language in Society, v16 n4 p509-25 Dec 1987

Reports on the emergence of a new "Americanized" argot (Western cultural influences or objects) in post-Stalinist Russia. The characteristics of the argot's communicative code and the link between the code and the communicative competence of the argot-speaking groups are presented. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Language Variation, Linguistic Borrowing, Russian, Social Attitudes, Social Class, Social Dialects, Sociolinguistics

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Russia

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