Western Slavic Dialects in Omsk Irtysh Region: Interference Phenomenon in Czech Siberian Dialect Cover Image

Западнославянские диалекты в Омском Прииртышье: явление интерференции в чешском сибирском говоре
Western Slavic Dialects in Omsk Irtysh Region: Interference Phenomenon in Czech Siberian Dialect

Author(s): M.A. Kharlamova
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Lexis, Semantics, Comparative Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет
Keywords: interference; interlinguistic contacts; bilingualism; Czech dialect;

Summary/Abstract: The history of the Czechs in the Middle Irtysh region is closely related to the history of P.A. Stolypin’s reforms of the late 19th – early 20th century. The evidence provided by the language conscious representations has allowed identifying the migration paths of the Czechs, as well as the places where they “exited” the European part of Russia and Europe. The paper traces the formation of the Czech dialect and its development in Siberia. It also underpins the thesis concerning the specific role played by interdialect and inter-linguistic interference in forming the sprachraum of the polyethnic region. The connection of interference and bilingualism has been demonstrated by the example of the development of the Czech dialect in the Middle Irtysh region. The paper also considers theoretical foundations of the research: different approaches to the problem of interference in linguistics, viewpoints on the connection of interference and bilingualism, the author’s point of view has been presented adequately. Based on the material collected by the author, it has been demonstrated that interference appears at all levels of the language system, being especially explicit in lexis. Lexis represents the “power” of the Russian language and of Siberian old-settlers’ dialects, which is reflected in direct lexical borrowings from the surrounding dialects and in adaptation (phonetic, grammatical, derivational, and semantic) of the Czech lexicon seen as particularly important.

  • Issue Year: 158/2016
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 1276-1289
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Russian