THE TUVINIAN LANGUAGE IN KRASNOYARSK REGION: THE SOCIOPSYCHOLINGUISTIC RESEARCH
The article deals with the problem of vitality of Tuvinian language as a language of minority, which is functi oning, in close contact with Russian. The analysis of subjective and objective assessment of Tuvinean language vitality is given with the help of psycholinguistic experiment which has been taken in the Usinsk Valley settlements placed on the south of Krasnoyarsk region.
Keywords: language of minority, language of majority, vitality, language situation, language policy, language shift, psycholinguistic experiment
Issue: 10, 2012
Pages: 159 — 163
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