Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 2. Языкознание1998-99112409-197910.15688/jvolsu2.2026.1.9ОСОБЕННОСТИ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОГО ВАРИАНТА АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА НА АЛЯСКЕREGIONAL VARIETY OF ENGLISH IN ALASKA: LINGUISTIC SPECIFICITIESВсеволожскаяАнастасия АлександровнаВсеволожскаяАнастасия АлександровнаVsevolozhskayaAnastasiaaagrigoreva@hse.ru0000-0002-3083-4079National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russian Federation)Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики» (Москва, Российская Федерация)300420262511201351205202528082025CC BY 4.0

Малоизученная разновидность английского языка на Аляске (Alaskan English), распространенная среди коренных жителей сельских районов территории, представляет значительный исследовательский интерес в силу специфических лингвистических характеристик, а также условий, способствовавших их формированию. Цель данной статьи состоит в установлениинекоторых языковых особенностей аляскинского английского. Материалом для исследования послужили транскрипты полуструктурированных интервью, проведенных с представителями разных поколений и этнических групп аборигенных жителей, которые прошли различные пути усвоения английского языка: атабаски Верхнего Кускоквима и креольское население Кадьякского архипелага. В работе описаны основные черты английского языка коренного населения Аляски: специфическая лексика, неразличение временных форм глаголов, нестандартное употребление показателей числа и артиклей, случаи двойного отрицания и использование never в качестве маркера единичного отрицания в прошлом. Выдвинута гипотезы о влиянии различных социолингвистических факторов (в первую очередь языкового сдвига и условий усвоения английского языка) на формирование конкретных особенностей идиома. Полученные результаты вносят вклад в понимание процессов формирования аляскинского английского и сопутствующих его появлению процессов, а также в дальнейшее изучение языковой ситуации в регионе.

The understudied variety of English in Alaska (Alaskan English), which is spoken by Native Alaskans living in rural areas, is of great scientific interest, primarily due to its linguistic specificities as well as historical context and conditions of its emergence. The aim of the article is to reveal and analyse some of the linguistic traits of the Alaskan variety. The data used in the present study encompasses 73 transcribed semi-structured interviews that contain personal narratives of Native Alaskans of various ethnic origins and generations, whose language acquisition took place in different contexts. In particular, the narratives of Upper Kuskokwim Athabascans and the representatives of Kodiak Creole population have been analysed. The scrutiny reveals such characteristics of the regional variety of English in Alaska as the use of specific vocabulary, lack of differentiation between verb tenses, non-standard use of articles and number (singular and plural) indicators, double negation and the use of never as a marker of negation of a certain action in the past. The author advances a hypothesis on the influence of some sociolinguistic factors (in particular, language shift and the conditions of the English language acquisition) on the formation of the mentioned linguistic characteristics. The results contribute to a better understanding of the processes that enabled Alaskan English emergence and serve as a basis for future research into the language situation in the region.

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