02481nam 2200493 450 991082390650332120220711103405.090-04-46584-710.1163/9789004465848(CKB)5490000000108276(OCoLC)1246624031(nllekb)BRILL9789004465848(MiAaPQ)EBC6768919(Au-PeEL)EBL6768919(EXLCZ)99549000000010827620220711d2021 uy 0engurun| uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediardacarrierLanguage formation by adults the case of Sino-Russian idiolects /by Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Natalia Gurian, Sergei KarpenkoLeiden, The Netherlands ;Boston :Brill,[2021]©20211 online resourceBrill studies in language contact and the dynamics of language ;Volume 290-04-46329-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Chinese immigrants who settle in Russia's Far East without formal instruction in the Russian language communicate with local Russians using Russian vocabulary. Each immigrant forms their language to communicate with Russians, not with family or other immigrants. The 'single-generation languages' that immigrants form are not replications or simplifications of Chinese or Russian. Grammatical systems formed by these speakers challenge some fundamental assumptions in early 21st-century linguistic theories. Grammatical systems of single-generation languages provide a unique window into how complex grammatical systems emerge, what are the first formal means of expression, and what are the first meanings expressed in grammatical systems. Given massive migrations in the contemporary world, single-generation languages are common, yet understudied, products of language contact.Brill Studies in Language Contact and the Dynamics of Language ;2.Languages in contactRussia (Federation)Primorskiĭ kraĭ (Russia)LanguagesLanguages in contact494.3Karpenko SergeĭGurian NataliaFrajzyngier ZygmuntMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823906503321Language formation by adults3964648UNINA