Indigenous languages of Russia in contact withRussian
19–20 September 2025
Vinogradov Russian Language Institute (RAS), Moscow
Call for papers
Past Conferences
Call for papers
Dear colleagues,
The third conference «Indigenous languages of Russia in contact with Russian» will be held at Vinogradov Russian Language Institute (RAS), Moscow on 19–20 September 2025.
We invite abstract submissions addressing the following topics:
Borrowing of grammatical and lexical patterns from Russian into indigenous languages of Russia or of other areas.
Borrowing of grammatical and lexical patterns between indigenous languages of Russia.
Contact-induced features in the varieties of Russian influenced by languages of Russia or of other areas.
Russian-based pidgins.
Code-switching and code-mixing involving Russian.
The conference aims to bring together researchers working on indigenous languages of Russia, typologists, experts in the Russian language, and sociolinguists. Papers based on new field data, as well as corpus-based studies are especially encouraged.
Topics which will not be discussed at the conference: sociological aspects of language contact without any linguistic issues; practical issues related to revitalization of minority languages, teaching Russian as L2 etc.; dialectal and regional features of Russian for which there is no reasonable evidence for contact-induced origin; problems of etymology.
The conference programme will include two plenary presentations and oral presentations by other conference participants (20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion). Language of presentation: English or Russian.
The deadline for abstract submission is 5 May 2025. Anonymous abstracts should be sent to the e-mail address ruslangcontact@gmail.com.
The following information should be provided in the body of the e-mail:
title of your abstract,
the authors' first and last names, and affiliations,
your e-mail address and phone number.
Requirements for abstracts:
Max. 2 pages A4 (Times New Roman, 12 pt, single-spaced) including references and other possible supplementary material.
Language: English or Russian.
Notification of acceptance will be sent out no later than 16 June 2025.
The conference will be held in a hybrid format (in-person at the Vinogradov Russian Language Institute + Zoom). Speakers living in Moscow are invited to attend in-person. If this is not possible, please contact us. Unfortunately, the organizers have no opportunity to cover transport or accommodation costs. Organizing fee for participating in-person: 1000 rubles (ca. 9 euros); for students – 500 rubles (ca. 4.5 euros). There is no organizing fee for online participation.
Important dates:
5 May 2025: submission deadline
16 June 2025: notification of acceptance
19–20 September 2025: conference
Organizers
The conference is organized by the working group “Russian in contact with indigenous languages of Russia” (Vinogradov Russian Language Institute (RAS), Department of corpus linguistics and linguistic poetics), together with colleagues from other organizations.
Organizing committee:
Egor Kashkin (chair; RLI RAS)
Olga Kazakevich (IL RAS)
Irina Khomchenkova (MSU / RLI RAS)
Anastasiia Kriukova (RLI RAS / MSU)
Alexander Letuchiy (HSE / RLI RAS)
Vladimir Plungian (RLI RAS / IL RAS / MSU)
Julia Sinitsyna (MSU)
Maria Emilia Winkler (IL RAS)
Plenary speakers
Nikolai B. Vakhtin
(European University at St. Petersburg / Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
Indigenous languages of Russia in contact with Russian
19–20 September 2025
Vinogradov Russian Language Institute (RAS), Moscow
Call for papers
Previous Conferences
Call for papers
Dear colleagues,
The third conference «Indigenous languages of Russia in contact with Russian» will be held at Vinogradov Russian Language Institute (RAS), Moscow on 19–20 September 2025.
We invite abstract submissions addressing the following topics:
Borrowing of grammatical and lexical patterns from Russian into indigenous languages of Russia or of other areas.
Borrowing of grammatical and lexical patterns between indigenous languages of Russia.
Contact-induced features in the varieties of Russian influenced by languages of Russia or of other areas.
Russian-based pidgins.
Code-switching and code-mixing involving Russian.
The conference aims to bring together researchers working on indigenous languages of Russia, typologists, experts in the Russian language, and sociolinguists. Papers based on new field data, as well as corpus-based studies are especially encouraged.
Topics which will not be discussed at the conference: sociological aspects of language contact without any linguistic issues; practical issues related to revitalization of minority languages, teaching Russian as L2 etc.; dialectal and regional features of Russian for which there is no reasonable evidence for contact-induced origin; problems of etymology.
The conference programme will include two plenary presentations and oral presentations by other conference participants (20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion). Language of presentation: English or Russian.
The deadline for abstract submission is 5 May 2025. Anonymous abstracts should be sent to the e-mail address ruslangcontact@gmail.com.
The following information should be provided in the body of the e-mail:
title of your abstract,
the authors' first and last names, and affiliations,
your e-mail address and phone number.
Requirements for abstracts:
Max. 2 pages A4 (Times New Roman, 12 pt, single-spaced) including references and other possible supplementary material.
Language: English or Russian.
Notification of acceptance will be sent out no later than 16 June 2025. The conference will be held in a hybrid format (in-person at the Vinogradov Russian Language Institute + Zoom). Speakers living in Moscow are invited to attend in-person. If this is not possible, please contact us. Unfortunately, the organizers have no opportunity to cover transport or accommodation costs. Organizing fee for participating in-person: 1000 rubles (ca. 9 euros); for students –500 rubles(ca. 4.5 euros). There is no organizing fee for online participation.
Important dates:
5 May 2025: submission deadline
16 June 2025: notification of acceptance
19–20 September 2025: conference
Organizers
The conference is organized by the working group “Russian in contact with indigenous languages of Russia” (Vinogradov Russian Language Institute (RAS), Department of corpus linguistics and linguistic poetics), together with colleagues from other organizations.
Organizing committee:
Egor Kashkin (chair; RLI RAS)
Olga Kazakevich (IL RAS)
Irina Khomchenkova (MSU / RLI RAS)
Anastasiia Kriukova (RLI RAS / MSU)
Alexander Letuchiy (HSE / RLI RAS)
Vladimir Plungian (RLI RAS / IL RAS / MSU)
Julia Sinitsyna (MSU)
Maria Emilia Winkler (IL RAS)
Plenary speakers
Nikolai B. Vakhtin
(European University at St. Petersburg / Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
