Russian Language Studies in North America

Veronika Makarova is an Associate Professor in the Department of Languages and Linguistics and the Interdisciplinary Linguistics Program Chair at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

• List of Tables and Figures; Introduction – Veronika Makarova; PART ONE: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND THEIR INTERFACE; 1. Phonetics. Tracing Emotions in Russian Vowels – Veronika Makarova and Valery A. Petrushin; 2. Phonology. Vowel–Zero Alternations in Russian Prepositions: Prosodic Constituency and Productivity – Lev Blumenfeld; 3. Morphology and Lexicology Interface. Latest Russian Neologisms: The Next Step towards Analytism? – Julia Rochtchina; 4. Syntax. Bi-nominative Sentences in Russian – Igor Mel’čuk; 5. Psycholinguistics. The Effect of Grammatical Gender in Russian Spoken-Word Recognition – Irina A. Sekerina; PART TWO: APPLIED LINGUISTIC AND SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS; 6. Communicative Language Teaching and Russian: The Current State of the Field – William J. Comer; 7. Low-Proficiency Heritage Speakers of Russian: Their Interlanguage System as a Basis for Fast Language (Re)Building – Alla Smyslova; 8. Superior Speakers or “Super” Russian: OPI Guidelines Revisited – Ludmila Isurin; 9. Who Am I?: Cultural Identities among Russian-Speaking Immigrants of the Third (and Fourth?) Wave and their Effects on Language Attitudes – David R. Andrews; 10. Russian Language History in Canada. Doukhobor Internal and External Migrations: Effects on Language Development and Structure – Gunter Schaarschmidt; Afterword – Veronika Makarova; Index

“The variety of research and the individuality of the researchers’ voices make this collection thought-provoking, engaging, interesting, and informative […] This collection will both complement linguistic seminars and linguistic survey courses, as well as provide an enjoyable read for anyone with an interest in the Russian language, linguistics, and language pedagogy.” —Julia Mikhailova, “Canadian Slavonic Papers”