Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis thesis investigates the language abilities of heritage speakers of Russian (those who learned Russian at home, but later switched to English as their primary language, such as children of immigrants) regarding predicate case alternation in copular sentences. In Russian, predicates of copular sentences can only be in the Nominative case in the present, but can appear in either the Instrumental or Nominative in the past and future tenses, alternating based on semantic context. This thesis poses two questions: first, can heritage speakers of Russian use case grammatically in all possible configurations? Second, when two cases are available, do they select one over the other based on semantic context? This study did find a difference between heritage and native speakers, which means that case in copular sentences can be targeted as an area for improvement for heritage speakers who wish to strengthen their Russian language skills.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (M.A.)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Linguistics
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Carleton University
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2024
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Kirsanova, Eugenia
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright © 2023 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, distribution to students, research and scholarship. Theses may only be shared by linking to the Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be copied without proper attribution to the author; no part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/41392