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Informationen zum Autor Jenanne Ferguson is an assistant professor of linguistic anthropology at the University of Nevada–Reno. Klappentext Jenanne Ferguson is an assistant professor of linguistic anthropology at the University of Nevada–Reno. ¿ Zusammenfassung What does it mean to speak Sakha in the city? Words like Birds! a linguistic ethnography of Sakha discourses and practices in urban Far Eastern Russia! examines the factors that have aided speakers in maintaining - and adapting - their minority language over the course of four hundred years of contact with Russian speakers and the federal power apparatus. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Notes on Transcription and Transliteration Acknowledgments Introduction: A Short History of Sakha 1. We Have Always Been Adaptable: Frameworks for Sakha Language Vitality 2. Sakha under the Tsars and Beyond: Language Policies and Communicative Norms 3. Like Sweet Cream and Lingonberries: Language, Spirits, and Sustenance 4. One Drop Traveling along a Great Artery: Moving the Ulus to the City 5. Sakhalyy in the City: Language Mixing and Indexing Authenticity 6. Acquiring Russian, Maintaining Sakha: Language Choices and Life Trajectories 7. Ohuokhaj in Lenin Square, Hip Hop in Virtual Tühulgeter: Adapting New Spaces for Sakha Conclusion: Words Like Birds Notes References Index...
