Open AccessContact Languages in the Post- Soviet Space: Linguistic and Cultural Dominance
Author(s) -
Elena Voevoda
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
vestnik mgimo-universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-9099
pISSN - 2071-8160
DOI - 10.24833/2071-8160-2012-6-27-172-175
Subject(s) - dominance (genetics) , politics , linguistics , space (punctuation) , language contact , sociology , political science , law , philosophy , biochemistry , gene , chemistry
The article addresses the sociopolitical and linguistic problems in choosing contact languages for communication in the post-Soviet space. The author analyses the factors that determine the status of a contact language and its impact on the choice of partners in political, economic and cultural spheres.