Belarussian „Trasyanka” and Ukrainian „Surzhyk”: the Main Differences in the Degree of Russian Influence Cover Image

Белорусская «трасянка» и украинский «суржик»: oб основных различиях в степени влияния русского языка
Belarussian „Trasyanka” and Ukrainian „Surzhyk”: the Main Differences in the Degree of Russian Influence

Author(s): Gerd Hentschel
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Phonetics / Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Lexis, Semantics, Comparative Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Descriptive linguistics, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycytyczne
Keywords: Belarus;language situation;sociolinguistics;languages in contact;mixed languages;Ukraine;surzhyk;trasyanka

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the mixed types of speech in Ukraine and Belarus – Surzhyk and Trasyanka. On the basis of multidimensional research conducted by the scholars from Oldenburg University and their colleagues from Ukraine and Belarus, the author discusses the range of Russian influence on the hybrid languages. Both qualitative and quantitative analyses were made on the basis of corpora collected in various regions of Belarus and Ukraine.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 162
  • Page Range: 190-207
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Russian