French and Russian in Imperial Russia : : Language Use among the Russian Elite / / Derek Offord, Gesine Argent, Vladislav Rjeoutski, Lara Ryazanova-Clarke.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Offord, Derek,; Rjeoutski, Vladislav,; Ryazanova-Clarke, Lara,
• MitwirkendeR: Argent, Gesine,; Baudin, Rodolphe,; Borderioux, Xénia,; Dmitrieva, Nina,; Dulac, Georges,; Klimenko, Iuliia,; Klimenko, Sergei,; Murphy, Emilie,; Offord, Derek,; Rjéoutski, Vladislav,; Ryazanova-Clarke, Lara,; Sapchenko, Liubov,; Somov, Vladimir,; Speranskaia, Natalia,; Tipton, Jessica,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Russian Language and Society : RLS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 1 B/W line art

Examines the functions of French in various spheres, domains and genresThis is the first of two companion volumes which examine language use and language attitudes in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Russia, focusing on the transitional period from the Enlightenment to the age of Pushkin. Set against the background of the rapid transformation of Russia into a major European power, the two volumes of French and Russian in Imperial Russia consider the functions of multilingualism and the use of French as a prestige language among the elite, as well as the benefits of Franco-Russian bilingualism and the anxieties to which it gave rise. This first volume, Language Use among the Russian Elite, provides insight into the development of the practice of speaking and writing French at the Russian court and among the Russian nobility from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century. It examines linguistic practice, the use of French in Russia in various spheres, domains and genres, as well as the interplay between the two languages. Including examples of French lexical influence on Russian, this volume takes a sociolinguistic interest in language choice, code-switching and the degree to which the language community being observed was bilingual or diglossic.A comprehensive and original contribution to the multidisciplinary study of language, the two volumes address, from a historical viewpoint, subjects of relevance to sociolinguists (especially bilingualism and multilingualism), social and cultural historians (social and national identity, linguistic and cultural borrowing), Slavists (the relationship of Russian and western culture) and students of the European Enlightenment, Neo-Classicism, Romanticism and cultural nationalism.Deepens our understanding of the process by which Russia was integrated into the mainstream of modern European civilisationContributes to knowledge of the development of national self-consciousness in RussiaExtends awareness of the importance of francophonie in European culture, especially during the age of the Enlightenment and the Romantic age Provides an in depth example of the social and cultural effects of major language contactIntroduces readers to the discussion of the positive and negative effects of bilingualism or multilingualism and biculturalism or multiculturalism

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Dates, Transliteration and Other Editorial Practices -- Abbreviations Used in the Text, Notes and References -- Dates of Reigns in Eighteenthand Nineteenth-Century Russia -- Introduction -- 1 French and Russian in Catherine's Russia -- 2 The Use of French by Catherine II in her Letters to Friedrich Melchior Grimm (1774-96) -- 3 Language Use Among the Russian Aristocracy: The Case of the Counts Stroganov -- 4 The Francophone Press in Russia: A Cultural Bridge and an Instrument of Propaganda -- 5 Russian Noblewomen's Francophone Travel Narratives (1777-1848): The Limits of the Use of French -- 6 Russian or French? Bilingualism in Aleksandr Radishchev's Letters from Exile (1790-1800) -- 7 Code-Switching in the Correspondence of the Vorontsov Family -- 8 French and Russian in Ego-Documents by Nikolai Karamzin -- 9 Pushkin's Letters in French -- 10 Instruction in Eighteenth- Century Coquetry: Learning about Fashion and Speaking its Language -- 11 The Role of French in the Formation of Professional Architectural Terminology in Eighteenth-Century Russia -- 12 The Coexistence of Russian and French in Russia in the First Third of the Nineteenth Century: Bilingualism with or without Diglossia? -- Conclusion -- Notes on Contributors -- Index