tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048398846215710793.post2828327981963856167..comments2024-01-18T08:37:07.265-08:00Comments on Spirit-Wrestlers Blog: Doukhobor Russian Language ResearchKoozma J. Tarasoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10339083539775964934noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048398846215710793.post-11425287540764282812012-06-23T16:25:00.784-07:002012-06-23T16:25:00.784-07:00There are recordings of interviews with about thir...There are recordings of interviews with about thirty Old Time Douchobors in the "Special Collections Department" of the University of British Columbia. They were interviews done by the late UBC Professor Alex Harshenin. I have listened to these Old Douchobor speakers for many hours of enjoyment and information about their past lives. The recorded interviews were collected by Professor Harshenin as part of his study on the Russian Douchobor dialect. Maybe the people present on this forum already know of this good source of Old Douchobor speech. dan b www.christianidentityrevealed2012.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048398846215710793.post-57591944194350814612011-11-05T09:19:58.752-07:002011-11-05T09:19:58.752-07:00Prof. Makarova has since written to me that the 50...Prof. Makarova has since written to me that the 50 speakers she had in mind do not form a homgeneous speech community and are scattered all over the province of Saskatchewan. This makes things very difficult of course for the revitalization and maintenance of the language although it may still be worth while recording what is there, if only to establish dialectal differences between the language in BC and the language in Saskatchewan, an area that I have neglected in my forthcoming chapter in Prof. Makarova's book (Schaarschmidt 2012).Gunter Schaarschmidtnoreply@blogger.com