37.1533, Books: Ukrainian Border Dialects in Belarusian-Russian Contact Areas: Del Gaudio (2026)

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Date: 21-Apr-2026
From: Lucy Trotter [lucy.trotter at bloomsbury.com]
Subject: Ukrainian Border Dialects in Belarusian-Russian Contact Areas: Del Gaudio (2026)


Title: Ukrainian Border Dialects in Belarusian-Russian Contact Areas
Subtitle: Characteristics and Trends
Series Title: Studies in Slavic, Baltic, and Eastern European
Languages and Cultures
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
           http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
Book URL:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/ukrainian-border-dialects-in-belarusianrussian-contact-areas-9781666960822/

Author(s): Salvatore Del Gaudio

Hardback, ISBN: 9781666960822, £120.00

Abstract:

This book presents a contemporary, primarily synchronic, linguistic
analysis of the essential dialectal features characterizing the
dialects spoken in the Ukrainian-Belarusian-Russian border area.
Utilizing sociolinguistic and unique focus-group data, Salvatore Del
Gaudio analyzes specific local dialects at the crossroads of Ukraine,
Belarus, and the Russian Federation, both locally and
cross-regionally, to best highlight stable characteristics and ongoing
tendencies over the span of a decade (2012–2022). The individuality of
this area is also examined within a broader sociolinguistic context,
which accounts for language attitudes, habits, and the identity of
local speakers, as well as the linguistic landscape of the border
area. The findings presented in this book are valuable for further
dialectological research and related linguistic subfields. Moreover,
they contribute to the establishment of a more accurate typology of
(East) Slavic languages, offering valid insights into areal
linguistics, as is often required in similar studies.

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics




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