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Bilingual language play and world Englishes
Ch. 23. P. 407–429.
Rivlina A. A.
This chapter highlights the possibilities of a systematic account of bilingual language play as an essential feature of world Englishes by establishing some basic similarities and peculiarities in the playful use of English‐related bilingual resources in different world Englishes contexts. Next, it specifies some key terms relevant for the discussion. The major formal patterns of bilingual language play are identified, as well as various sociopsychological connotations commonly rendered through the use of these patterns. The major linguistic features of English interacting playfully with different local languages are illustrated by data analyzed in various publications and supported by examples from the author's own corpus of English‐Russian language play. Then the chapter addresses the implications of bilingual language play for the status and role of English in various communities. It concludes with an outline of the possible directions of future research into bilingual language play that may contribute to world Englishes theory.
Gritsenko E.S, Kamou O.M., Russian Journal of Linguistics 2024 Vol. 28 No. 3 P. 615–632
Many studies addressing the differences in the use of lexical bundles in academic English by L1 and L2 writers interpret these differences as a deficiency or deviation that L2 writers need to eliminate. In this paper, we argue that this “deviant” use is not essentially the product of insufficient knowledge of English and/or Anglophone norms ...
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Budnikova A., Гончарова В. А., , in: ЯЗЫК В СФЕРЕ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЙ КОММУНИКАЦИИ: сборник материалов международной научно-практической конференции студентов и аспирантовЧ. 1.: Екатеринбург: ООО "Издательство УМЦ УПИ", 2018. P. 141–145.
The paper views EIL (English as an International Language) as a mediator of cross-cultural communication in the 21st century and emphasizes a need for introducing a new approach towards language teaching in modern methodology. The author examines the way studying English as a Foreign Language with its accentuation of the UK and the US cultures is ...
Added: February 11, 2024
Gritsenko E., Aleshinskaya E., World Englishes 2023 Vol. 42 No. 2 P. 214–229
This paper seeks to contribute to the current discussion of world Englishes by showing how English is used in popular music reviews in Russia, a context that has not been addressed in previous research. Drawing on sets of textual and ethnographic data, we argue that English and Anglicisms contribute to the expressiveness and precision of ...
Added: December 15, 2020
Rivlina A. A., Russian Journal of Linguistics 2020 Vol. 24 No. 3 P. 649–668
The arguments against the Expanding Circle (EC) Englishes being varieties in their own right are often provoked by terminological inaccuracies both in professional and folk-linguistic debate. The aim of the article is to particularize the concept of Russian English by highlighting the differences between Russian English as an EC variety per se and a number ...
Added: August 30, 2020
Wiley-Blackwell, 2020.
The Handbook of World Englishes is a collection of articles on the cross-cultural and transnational linguistic convergence and change of the English language. Now in its second edition, this Handbook brings together multiple theoretical, contextual, and ideological perspectives, and offers new interpretations of the changing identities of world Englishes (WE) speakers and examines the current state of the ...
Added: January 27, 2020
Kharkhurin A. V., Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 2008 Vol. 11 No. 2 P. 225–243
The study argues that, in addition to advantages in conscious attention-demanding processing, bilinguals may also exhibit enhanced unconscious divergent thinking. To investigate this issue, the performance of Russian–English bilingual immigrants and English monolingual native speakers was compared on the Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults, which is a traditional assessment tool of divergent thinking. The study ...
Added: December 7, 2019
Kharkhurin A. V., Journal of Creative Behavior 2009 Vol. 43 No. 1 P. 59–71
This study continues the effort to investigate the possible influence of bilingualism on an individual's creative potential. The performances of Farsi‐English bilinguals living in the UAE and Farsi monolinguals living in Iran were compared on the Culture Fair Intelligence Test battery and two creativity tests: divergent thinking test (the Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults) and ...
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Kharkhurin A. V., Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2010 Vol. 41 No. 5-6 P. 776–783
The performances of Russian-English bilinguals and English monolinguals living in the United States, and Farsi-English bilinguals living in the United Arab Emirates and Farsi monolinguals living in Iran, were compared on the Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults to investigate whether the sociocultural context modulates the influence of bilingualism on an individual’s creativity. The findings revealed ...
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Kharkhurin A. V., International Journal of Bilingualism 2010 Vol. 14 No. 2 P. 211–226
The study investigates whether bilingualism has a measurable contribution to verbal and nonverbal creative performance. The performance of Russian—English bilingual and English monolingual college students residing in the USA was compared on the verbal and nonverbal indicators of the Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults. The results demonstrated a bilingual advantage in nonverbal creativity and a ...
Added: December 6, 2019
Kharkhurin A. V., Altarriba J., Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 2016 Vol. 19 No. 5 P. 1079–1094
This study explores the hypothesis that language of testing and mood states can influence creativity in bilinguals. Arabic-English bilingual speakers were induced into positive or negative mood states using film clips and recall-of-events procedures. Then, participants’ creativity was assessed with the Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults. Participants were tested in either English or Arabic. A ...
Added: July 23, 2019
Kharkhurin A. V., RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics 2016 Vol. 4 P. 16–28
This work presents a widely discussed topic in both bilingualism and creativity research that comes from pedagogical considerations. The research conducted by the author over the last decade has delivered a solid argument that speaking more than one language facilitates an individual’s creative capacities. The author has expanded the scope of his research and implemented ...
Added: July 20, 2019
Прошина З. Г., Rivlina A. A., Вестник Московского университета. Серия 19: Лингвистика и межкультурная коммуникация 2018 № 3 С. 18–30
Based on the Russian variety of English, the article discusses the phenomenon of a “mock language”, i.e. a purposeful exaggeration of stereotypical language features (at different levels of the language structure and especially of phonetic accent) pertaining to Other language speakers. The authors dwell on linguistic mechanisms and functions of this phenomenon focusing on the ...
Added: September 12, 2018
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
This fascinating book offers a comprehensive exploration of Russian English as a World English variety. The authors introduce readers to the history of language contact between Russian and English, which has resulted in the Russianization of English and Englishization of Russian. They also discuss the functions of English as a lingua franca in the domains ...
Added: September 13, 2016
Rivlina Alexandra, World Englishes 2015 Vol. 34 No. 3 P. 436–455
The paper shows that English in modern Russia, like in many other Expanding Circle countries, is predominantly used in a mix with Russian in the creative (poetic, aesthetic, imaginative, or innovative) function in various domains. In this article, the peculiarities of the creative use of English in the Russian context are highlighted, and the article ...
Added: August 31, 2015
Rivlina A. A., В кн.: Актуальные проблемы современного языкового образования в вузе: вопросы теории языка и методики обучения: Материалы V международной конференции Национального общества прикладной лингвистики (НОПриЛ).: Коломна: Московский государственный областной социально-гуманитарный институт, 2015. С. 64–68.
There is currently the growing interest to the issue of bilingual creativity and language play in different communicative spheres, including the sphere of computer-mediated communication. The present article aims to reveal the peculiarities of English-Russian language play in the area of internet domain names and to highlight their significance for the investigation of the English ...
Added: March 2, 2015
Rivlina A. A., / NRU HSE. Series WP BRP "Linguistics". 2013. No. WP BRP 05/LNG/2013.
This paper aims to show that due to the increase in mass English-Russian bilingualism the notion of lexical variation generated by Englishization should not be restricted to the traditionally studied opposition of English loanwords vs. their host language equivalents, but should be broadened to embrace a wider range of Englishized lexical units. This will include ...
Added: December 26, 2013
Rivlina A. A., Социальные и гуманитарные науки на Дальнем Востоке 2013 Т. 37 № 1 С. 61–66
The article argues that the scope of English-Russian language contact studies should be extended to embrace the initial stages of English-Russian mass bilingualism formation and should involve the approaches and concepts developed within the framework of the World Englishes Paradigm. The following major features of the present-day English-Russian contact situation are addressed: “minimal” and “incipient” ...
Added: September 21, 2013