similarity between Slavic languages

[Elizabeth Sheynzon]

don't forget that belorussian and ukranians usually are exposed to a lot of
russian - TV, school, business travellers,etc., while russians don't have that
big of exposure to those languages.

Elena Gapova <e.gapova at WORLDNET.ATT.NET> writes on         Mon, 4 Mar 2002
11:43:06 -0500:
>
>
> A general remark on the closeness of Slavic languages and who understands
> what:
>
> Technically, Belarusian and Ukrainian are as close to Russian as Russian is
> to Belarusian and Ukrainian. While Belarusian and Ukrainian speakers always
> understand Russian and normally understand each other, Russian speakers more
> often than not claim that they do not understand either Belarusian or
> Ukrainian (I have seen this at several conferences, where Russian speakers
> would ask for a translator).
>
> This is not just about how close the languages are, and not only about
> Russian speakers having less exposure to other Slavic languages (and hence
> less trained ears), but also about other hierarchies which the language
> represents symbolically .
>
> Elena Gapova
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Emily Tall <mllemily at ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU>
> To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
> Sent: 4 March 2002 11:09 AM
> Subject: thanks
>
>
> > Dear colleagues: I have been overwhelmed with replies to my query on
> > Bulgarian and Russian. I want to thank all of you very much! Emily Tall
> >
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