“Куэссь не получается сāмас, рyшас полегче” – codeswitching on the Kola Peninsula

This paper examines a number of examples of codeswitching between Kildin Saami and Russian on the Kola Peninsula, and tries to explain their possible discourse-related meanings in the light of existing theories on codeswitching.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Poljarnyj vestnik
Main Author: David Pineda
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Russian
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2008
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7557/6.1301
https://doaj.org/article/d4aff0458b9745f88e95f3d3045ba30a
Description
Summary:This paper examines a number of examples of codeswitching between Kildin Saami and Russian on the Kola Peninsula, and tries to explain their possible discourse-related meanings in the light of existing theories on codeswitching.