Russian as a Transnational Language

<p>This collection contributes to emerging work in critical sociolinguistics using a multidisciplinary and multiscalar approach to understanding the diasporic experience in the Russian-speaking world.</p><p>The volume expands on research in the sociolinguistics of mobility multilingualism and diaspora studies. It critically examines the ways in which transnational Russian identities are perceived and discursively enacted in online and offline spaces and how this interplay contributes to diasporic identification across the globe. In highlighting a range of critical methodologies at multiple scalar levels − across family national and global lines − the book raises key questions about what binds and distinguishes individuals belonging to diverse communities of Russian speakers. It likewise interrogates established notions of memory nostalgia authenticity and belonging as well as perceptions of futurity and change. </p><p>This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars in sociolinguistics multilingualism language and education and linguistic anthropology.</p>