| Description |
1 online resource (699 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Languages and culture in history ; 8 |
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Languages and culture in history ; 8.
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| Contents |
The historical contexts of Russian francophonic -- Teaching and learning French -- French at court -- French in high society -- French in diplomacy and other official domains -- Writing French -- French for cultural propaganda and political polemics -- Language attitudes -- Perceptions of bilingualism in the classical Russian novel |
| Summary |
The French Language in Russia' provides the fullest examination and discussion to date of the adoption of the French language by the elites of imperial Russia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is interdisciplinary, approaching its subject from the angles of various kinds of history and historical sociolinguistics. Beyond its bearing on some of the grand narratives of Russian thought and literature, this book may afford more general insight into the social, political, cultural, and literary implications and effects of bilingualism in a speech community over a long period. It should also enlarge understanding of francophonie as a pan-European phenomenon. On the broadest plane, it has significance in an age of unprecedented global connectivity, for it invites us to look beyond the experience of a single nation and the social groups and individuals within it in order to discover how languages and the cultures and narratives associated with them have been shared across national boundaries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 589-660) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
French language -- Russia -- History -- 18th century
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French language -- Russia -- History -- 19th century
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Bilingualism -- Russia
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Sociolinguistics.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- French.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- General.
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Bilingualism
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French language
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Russia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rjéoutski, Vladislav, author
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Argent, Gesine, author
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| ISBN |
9789048532766 |
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9048532760 |
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