The Russian Language on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
10 hrs. 6 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Maxim Krongauz
Author
Maxim Krongauz
Narrator
Konstantin Korolkov
Narrator
Konstantin Korolkov
Description
What awaits our language? Reforms, a nervous breakdown, borrowings? A big and fascinating conversation with a linguist who will put everything in its place!
The world around us is changing rapidly, and language changes with it. Who of us doesn’t use new words, and who, at the same time, doesn’t wrinkle their nose noticing them in someone else’s speech? Borrowings, slang, profanity—without which we can’t do anymore—annoy us and, most importantly, give endless opportunities for constant grumbling. Who doesn’t like to discuss the ruining of the language, and after a hearty meal even the death of it? Professor K., having undergone the perfectly forgivable in our time split personality and taking turns between an irritated everyman and a coolheaded linguist, energetically joins the conversation. Read it calmly, keeping your emotions in check. After you finish, firmly put the book aside and answer the main question. Who—Russian language or we ourselves—is on the verge of a nervous breakdown?
The world around us is changing rapidly, and language changes with it. Who of us doesn’t use new words, and who, at the same time, doesn’t wrinkle their nose noticing them in someone else’s speech? Borrowings, slang, profanity—without which we can’t do anymore—annoy us and, most importantly, give endless opportunities for constant grumbling. Who doesn’t like to discuss the ruining of the language, and after a hearty meal even the death of it? Professor K., having undergone the perfectly forgivable in our time split personality and taking turns between an irritated everyman and a coolheaded linguist, energetically joins the conversation. Read it calmly, keeping your emotions in check. After you finish, firmly put the book aside and answer the main question. Who—Russian language or we ourselves—is on the verge of a nervous breakdown?
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