‘Invisible minorities’ and ‘hidden diversity’ in Saint-Petersburg's linguistic landscape

Publication date: Available online 23 November 2018Source: Language & CommunicationAuthor(s): Vlada Baranova, Kapitolina FedorovaAbstractThe article deals with representation of labour migrants' languages in St. Petersburg's linguistic landscape. The data analyzed in the article were gathered through fieldwork (in 2016–2017) in different districts of the city. The communication between the majority and ethnic minorities is conducted only in Russian, both in official and in informal exchanges, such as between commercial agencies and non-Russian speakers. Even in places with no official regulation, non-Russian languages' use is significantly rare and occurs predominantly in the frame of in-group communication. Only two languages, Chinese and Uzbek, occasionally can be used in adverti...

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