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Reconstructing Non-Standard Languages: A socially-anchored approach
Lenore A. Grenoble and Jessica Kantarovich
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 52] 2022
► pp. 105–178

Chapter 4
Language contact and Odessan Russian

Article outline
  • 4.1Introduction
    • 4.1.1Odessan Russian: The historical setting
  • 4.2Demographics and language contact in Odessa
  • 4.3The sociolinguistics of Odessan Russian
    • 4.3.1Ethnic groups, contact, and social mobility
  • 4.4Previous linguistic analyses
  • 4.5Evaluating documentation materials for Odessan Russian
    • 4.5.1Available documentation: Dictionaries
    • 4.5.2Literature as documentation
    • 4.5.3Available documentation: Literary works
    • 4.5.4Variation across sources
    • 4.5.5Work with native speaker consultants
  • 4.6A brief description of Odessan Russian
    • 4.6.1Phonology
      • Shm-reduplication
    • 4.6.2Lexicon and phraseology
    • 4.6.3Derivational morphology and fluent dysfluency
    • 4.6.4Prepositional phrases
    • 4.6.5Nominal inflectional morphology
    • 4.6.6Pronouns
    • 4.6.7Morphosyntax
    • 4.6.8Syntax and the Yiddish substrate effect
  • 4.7Reconstructing social networks
  • Notes