Liuba Tnagergina interview at fishing camp

Interview with Tnagergina at the family fishing camp inside their cabin. Learned Russian as 4th language starting in grad school and extensive residence in Kamchatka (1995 5mos, 1997-98 17 months). Had very good conversational skills by summer 1997 and fluent by early 1998, at least in listening. Ha...

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Other Authors: Liubov Tnagergina, Alexander King, Christina Kincaid, Tatiana Yatylkut, Vasili Tnagergin, Vladimir Yatylkut
Format: Audio
Language:unknown
Russian
English
Published: Alexander King 2001
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Online Access:https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI1313526%23
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Summary:Interview with Tnagergina at the family fishing camp inside their cabin. Learned Russian as 4th language starting in grad school and extensive residence in Kamchatka (1995 5mos, 1997-98 17 months). Had very good conversational skills by summer 1997 and fluent by early 1998, at least in listening. Has thick American accent. Knows a few words of Koryak for social situation. Learned Russian at university and several months in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Fluent in Russian with soft American accent. Many Kamchatkans mistake her for Polish or some other western Slavic woman. Knows a few words of Koryak for social situations. Born in Naimki. Profession: reindeer herder. Estimated year of death: 2008.