Contents

pp v-vi

List of Tables and Figures

pp vii-x

Introduction

pp xi-xx

Part One - Language Structures and their Interface

pp 1-2

1 - Phonetics. Tracing Emotions in Russian Vowels

pp 3-42

2 - Phonology. Vowel–Zero Alternations in Russian Prepositions: Prosodic Constituency and Productivity

pp 43-70

3 - Morphology and Lexicology Interface. Latest Russian Neologisms: The Next Step towards Analytism?

pp 71-84

4 - Syntax. Bi-nominative Sentences in Russian

pp 85-106

5 - Psycholinguistics. The Effect of Grammatical Gender in Russian Spoken-Word Recognition

pp 107-130

Part Two - Applied Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Analysis

pp 131-132

6 - Communicative Language Teaching and Russian: The Current State of the Field

pp 133-160

7 - Low-Proficiency Heritage Speakers of Russian: Their Interlanguage System as a Basis for Fast Language (Re)Building

pp 161-192

8 - Superior Speakers or “Super” Russian: OPI Guidelines Revisited

pp 193-214

9 - Who Am I?: Cultural Identities among Russian-Speaking Immigrants of the Third (and Fourth?) Wave and their Effects on Language Attitudes

pp 215-234

10 - Russian Language History in Canada. Doukhobor Internal and External Migrations: Effects on Language Development and Structure

pp 235-260

Afterword

pp 261-264

Index

pp 265-269