Kantarovich Jessica. The Linguistic Legacy of Russians in Alaska. Russian Contact and Linguistic Variation in Alaska, with Special Attention to Ninilchik Russian

The University of Chicago, 2012. — 61 p.Introduction
Language Contact in Alaska, Past and Present
Russian America (1740s-1867)
1867 and beyond
The Data
Materials and methodology
Limitations
Transcription
Features of Alaskan Russian
The Lexicon
Remnants of dated Russian dialects
Borrowings
Semantic change
Neologisms
Calquing
Lexical loss
Phonology
General summary
v/w alternation
Simplification
Word formation
Nominal and adjectival allomorphy
Exuberant use of diminutives
Inflectional morphology
Gender
Case and use of prepositions
Syntax
Word order
Sentences formed on the model of English
Code-switching
Alternation
Word-internal insertion
Classification of Alaskan Russian
Contemporary Standard Russian, Ninilchik Russian, and Alaskan Russian
The degree of language attrition
Further Research
References
Appendices