language death and language shift in Russian

[Igor Silantev]

>I have not seen forms like "sokhraneniie rodnogo iazyka" (which
>doesn't seem to ring right to my ear).

> I would be interested to hear what others have come across and the
> reaction of native speakers to these solutions.

>Jeff

>Jeff Holdeman
>The Ohio State University
>holdeman.2 at osu.edu


"Sokhraneniie rodnogo iazyka" is a quite acceptable expression,
but it has a slight tinge of a law-term. For example, it is used in
the text of the Russian Federation Constitution, Chapter 68:
http://www.spravka.gramota.ru/blang.html?od_id=29.

Igor

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