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Abstract
Although Turkey houses various immigrant groups, still not much is known about them. To this end, this study aims to initiate a report of a particular group of immigrants residing in Turkey. Specifically, we focus on the language use, preference and attitudes of Russian immigrants in Turkey in the belief that communication processes lie at the heart of the acculturation processes and reflect the degree to which immigrants adapt to the host society. The data have been collected from 109 Russians permanently residing in Turkey through a questionnaire and interviews. Our findings suggest that the Russian diaspora reveals a pure sample of integration to the Turkish host society and they can be defined as “bi-dominant,” that is, capable of using the two languages jointly depending on their needs and communicational contexts, and as “bi-cultural,” that is, acculturated into the Turkish host culture while at the same time retaining their Russian roots.
Disclosure Statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Notes on Contributors
Elena Antonova-Ünlü is an assistant professor at Hacettepe University, Department of Translation and Interpreting. Her domains of research include bi- and multilingualism, bilingual first-language acquisition, second- and third-language acquisition and sociolinguistics.
Çiğdem Sağın-Şimşek is an associate professor at Middle East Technical University, Department of Foreign Language Education. Her domains of research include aspects of bi-multilingualism, language contact, second and third language acquisition, Turkish linguistics and sociolinguistics.
Ender Ateşman is an associate professor at Hacettepe University, Department of Translation and Interpreting. His research interests include terminology use in translation and interpreting and computer-assisted translation.
Anna Lozovska is an instructor at Hacettepe University, School of Foreign Languages. Her main research interests include teaching English and Russian as foreign languages, first- and second-language acquisition and testing.
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