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Article: Landslide of the Norm: Language Culture in Post-Soviet Russia.(Book review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- April 1, 2008
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Landslide of the Norm: Language Culture in Post-Soviet Russia. Ed. by INGUNN LUNDE and TINE ROESEN. (Slavica Bergensia, 6) Bergen: Department of Russian Studies, University of Bergen. 2006. 302 pp. 13[pounds sterling]. ISBN 978-82-90249-31-6.
This volume offers a collection of essays broadly linked to the theme of language norms, language culture, and national identity. The first essays examine the negative reactions primarily by non-linguists to developments in Russian such as the appearance in public language of colloquialisms, dialectal and vulgar expressions, and borrowings. The next fewes says concentrate on the response of contemporary writers and poets to ...