Introduction: a short history of Sakha -- We have always been adaptable: frameworks for Sakha language vitality -- Sakha under the tsars and beyond: language policies and communicative norms -- Sweet cream and lingonberries: language, spirits, and sustenance -- One drop traveling along a great artery: moving the ulus to the city -- Sakhalyy in the city: language mixing and indexing authenticity -- Acquiring Russian, maintaining Sakha: language choices and life trajectorie -- Ohuokhaj in Lenin Square, hip hop in virtual Tuhulgeter: adapting new spaces for Sakha -- Conclusion: words like birds
Summary
"An analysis of Sakha linguistic sensibilities and practices in the urban space of Yakutsk, capital of the Sakha Republic, based on research conducted in the early twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher
Notes
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Aberdeen University, 2013, titled Khanna bardyng? = Where are you going? : rural-urban connections and the fluidity of communicative practices among Sakha-Russian speakers
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 24, 2019)
