"Bitter truth" about Russian language competence
Genevra Gerhart
ggerhart at COMCAST.NET
Fri Feb 5 04:14:38 UTC 2010
Prof. Belyanin,
Be so good as to send all of us a copy of the Bitter truth about Russian language competence.
Thanks, (Zhenya)
Genevra Gerhart
ggerhart at comcast.net
www.genevragerhart.com
www.russiancommonknowledge.com
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Could you please send me a copy at nsvobodn at artsci.wustl.edu?
Thanks!
Valery Belyanin wrote:
> If you are interested in reading about what Russians think about
> the state of the literacy, you may find it interesting to read the
> article, published this Monday in the magazine “Smena”. It deals with
> public response to the proposed change of the rules (coffee, etc.) and
> with journalists’ reflections about literacy and verbal behavior in
> modern Russia. The article is pretty eclectic, though – to my mind –
> it reflects the way Russians think.
> «Горькое правдо: мы не знаем собственного языка». // Смена, 2010,
> № 2, стр. 5-13.
> “Bitter *Trooth: We do not Know our Own Language” // Smena, 2010,
> # 2, pp. 5-13
> I was asked a couple of questions by the journalists and they
> allowed me to send my colleagues the article itself, since it will
> appear in the Internet only in March. Those who are interesting in
> getting the article please contact me, and I will send you two files
> in *pdf with the article (in Russian). [112 and 612 Kb]
> Valery Belyanin, PhD.
>
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