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What’s In A Russian English Instagram Username? (on the Material of the Russian Version of the English language)

Journal: Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices (Vol.20, No. 1)

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Page : 146-156

Keywords : Instagram usernames; Instagram Russian English (IRE); Russian English; Russian linguacultural identity; Expanding circle; World Englishes (WE);

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Abstract

The present paper examines Instagram usernames of Russian speakers of English. It aims to classify over a hundred Russian English Instagram usernames (collected between 2016- 2021) in terms of their structure, typical linguistic features as well as translingual and transcultural patterns that underpin their creation. This paper argues that Russian speakers of English consciously and / or subconsciously creating their usernames employ a number of translingual and transcultural strategies and practices that are aimed at retaining and transmitting Russian linguacultural identity within such global multicultural English-dominated domain as Instagram. Apart from signalling Russian identity of their owners, the analyzed usernames demonstrate that Russian Instagram users being bilingual en masse (at least, at a graphic level), do draw on Russian English for communication within the landscape of this social media thus facilitating further formation of the Instagram Russian English.

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