French and Russian in Imperial Russia : : Language Use among the Russian Elite /

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

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 agai...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 1 B/W line art
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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

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