Immigrants’ Bilingual Humor: Language Play and Social Adaptation (The Case of Russian-Speaking Israelis)
This essay explores immigrants’ bilingual humor viewed as part of secondary language socialization. Adult acquisition of a new language involves reflections about languages and language play which juxtaposes and compares the mother tongue with the language of the receiving society. Acquiring a new l...
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| Language: | English |
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Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/9328 |