Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1 Einführung in deutscher Sprache -- 2 Introduction -- General Premises in the Theoretical Orientation -- 3 Chapter I: Data Collection -- 3.1 Russian Immigrant Community -- 3.2 Data Collection: Methods and Procedures -- 3.2.1 Participant Observation -- 3.2.2 Questionnaire -- 3.2.3 Social Networks Diagrams -- 3.2.4 Tape Recording Participants -- 4 Chapter II: Setting the Theoretical Framework -- 4.1 Research on CS: Diverse Perspectives -- 4.1.1 Poplack: Free Morpheme and Equivalence Constraints -- 4.1.2 Myers-Scotton: MLF Model -- 4.1.2.1 The Nonce Borrowing and the MLF Models Compared -- 4.1.3 Muysken: Typology of CS -- 4.1.3.1 Insertion -- 4.1.3.2 Alternation -- 4.1.3.3 Congruent Lexicalization -- 4.1.4 Backus: A Cognitive Grammar Approach to CS -- 4.1.4.1 Specificity Continuum -- 4.1.4.2 Awareness Continuum -- 4.1.4.3 Diachronic picture -- 4.1.4.4 Triggering -- 4.1.5 Models of Code switching Compared -- 4.1.6 Recent Developments in the MLF Model -- 4.1.6.1 MLF Model's Implications for the Theory of Language Production -- 4.1.6.2 The 4-M Model -- 4.1.6.2.1 Implications of the 4-M Model for CS -- 4.1.6.3 The Abstract Level Model -- 4.1.6.3.1 Congruence -- 4.1.6.3.2 How the Abstract Level Model Relates to CS -- 4.1.6.3.3 Implications of the Abstract Level Model for Other Types of Contact Phenomena -- 4.1.6.3.3.1 Convergence -- 4.1.6.3.3.2 Matrix Language Turnover -- 4.1.6.3.3.3 Convergence and Attrition -- 4.1.6.3.3.4 Attrition and Language Shift -- 4.1.6.3.4 Markedness -- 4.1.6.4 Myers-Scotton's Unified Theory of Contact Linguistics -- 5 Chapter III: Structural Analysis of Bilingual Data -- 5.1 Conversation 1: Useful Advice (Tamara &Tania) -- 5.1.1 Sociolinguistic Background -- 5.1.1.1 Tamara -- 5.1.1.2 Tania -- 5.1.2 Conversation -- 5.1.3 Selection -- 5.1.4 Quantitative Data -- 5.1.4.1 Turns -- 5.1.4.2 Switches.

5.1.5 Structural Patterns -- 5.1.5.1 Morphological integration -- 5.1.5.2 Morphosyntactic Integration -- 5.1.5.3 Syntactic integration -- 5.1.5.3.1 Subject -- 5.1.5.3.2 Direct Object -- 5.1.5.3.3 Indirect Object -- 5.1.6 Summary -- 5.2 Conversation 2: Sharing Holiday Impressions (Marina & Tamara) -- 5.2.1 Conversation -- 5.2.2 Selection -- 5.2.3 Quantitative Data -- 5.2.3.1 Turns -- 5.2.3.2 Switches -- 5.2.4 Structural Patterns -- 5.2.4.1 Morphological Integration -- 5.2.4.2 Morphosyntactic Integration -- 5.2.4.3 Syntactic Integration -- 5.2.4.3.1 Switched Subjects -- 5.2.4.3.2 Switched Direct Objects -- 5.2.4.3.3 Indirect Complements of a Russian Verb -- 5.2.4.3.4 Copulative constructions -- 5.2.4.3.5 Possessive-BE Constructions -- 5.2.4.3.6 Adverbial Phrases -- 5.2.4.4 Compromise Strategies -- 5.2.4.4.1 EL islands -- 5.2.4.4.2 Compromised Morpheme Order -- 5.2.4.5 Inter-clausal CS -- 5.2.5 Summary -- 5.3 Conversation 3: Visiting Friends in Caesarea - Pt. I: Playing a Game (Katia & Danik) -- 5.3.1 Conversation -- 5.3.2 Selection -- 5.3.3 Quantitative Data -- 5.3.3.1 Switches -- 5.3.4 Structural Patterns -- 5.3.4.1 Morphological Integration -- 5.3.4.2 Morphosyntactic Integration -- 5.3.4.3 Syntactic Integration -- 5.3.5 Summary -- 5.4 Conversation 3: Visiting Friends in Caesarea - Pt. II: At the Dinner Table (Katia, Zhenia & Danik) -- 5.4.1 Sociolinguistic Background -- 5.4.1.1 Social Network -- 5.4.1.2 Attitudes -- 5.4.1.3 Reported Language Practices -- 5.4.2 Conversation -- 5.4.3 Selection -- 5.4.4 Quantitative Data -- 5.4.4.1 Turns -- 5.4.4.2 Switches -- 5.4.5 Structural Patterns -- 5.4.5.1 Morphological Integration -- 5.4.5.1.1 Nouns -- 5.4.5.1.2 Adjectives -- 5.4.5.1.3 Verbs -- 5.4.5.2 Morphosyntactic Integration -- 5.4.5.2.1 Plural Marking -- 5.4.5.2.2 PPs -- 5.4.5.2.3 Double Marking -- 5.4.5.3 Syntactic Integration.

5.4.5.3.1 Possessive BE and Existential Constructions -- 5.4.5.3.2 Subject of the main clause -- 5.4.5.3.3 Direct Object -- 5.4.5.3.4 Copulative Constructions -- 5.4.5.3.4.1 Pronominal Copulative Constructions -- 5.4.5.3.5 Possessive-BE Constructions -- 5.4.5.3.6 Existential Constructions -- 5.4.5.4 Compromise Strategies -- 5.4.5.4.1 Flagged Switches -- 5.4.5.4.2 Partial Integration -- 5.4.5.4.3 Bare Forms -- 5.4.5.4.4 Compromise in Word Order -- 5.4.5.5 CS above the PC (Projection of Complementizer) Level -- 5.4.5.5.1 Inter-clausal CS - Quoted speech -- 5.4.5.5.2 Coordinating Constructions -- 5.4.5.5.3 Discourse Markers -- 5.4.6 Summary -- 5.4.6.1 Connections between Language Choice and Language Use -- 5.5 Conversation 4: Pt. I - Family Talk (Lena & Alex) -- 5.5.1 Sociolinguistic Background -- 5.5.1.1 Language and Identity -- 5.5.1.2 Media -- 5.5.1.3 Attitudes toward Russian and Hebrew -- 5.5.1.4 Attitudes toward Native Israelis -- 5.5.1.5 Social Network -- 5.5.2 Conversation -- 5.5.3 Selection -- 5.5.4 Quantitative Data -- 5.5.4.1 Turns -- 5.5.4.2 Switches -- 5.5.5 Structural Patterns -- 5.5.5.1 Morphological Integration -- 5.5.5.2 Morphosyntactic Integration -- 5.5.5.3 Syntactic Integration -- 5.5.5.4 Integration of Verbs -- 5.5.5.5 Compromise Strategies -- 5.5.5.5.1 Word order -- 5.5.5.5.2 Bare Forms -- 5.5.5.6 Problematic Cases -- 5.5.5.7 Bidirectional CS -- 5.5.5.7.1 From Russian to Hebrew: -- 5.5.5.8 Convergence -- 5.5.5.8.1 Structural Borrowing -- 5.5.5.8.2 Triggering -- 5.5.5.9 Code switching above the Complementizer Projection Level -- 5.5.5.9.1 Inter-clausal CS -- 5.5.5.9.2 Quoted Speech -- 5.5.5.9.3 Relative Clauses -- 5.5.5.9.4 Conditional Clauses -- 5.5.5.9.5 Coordinate Clauses -- 5.5.6 Summary -- 5.6 Conversation 4: Pt. II - Receiving a Guest (Lena & Alex) -- 5.6.1 Conversation -- 5.6.2 Selection -- 5.6.3 Quantitative Data.

5.6.3.1 Turns/Switches -- 5.6.4 Structural Patterns -- 5.6.4.1 Morphological Integration -- 5.6.4.2 Morphosyntactic Integration -- 5.6.4.3 Attrition -- 5.6.5 Summary -- 5.7 Conversation 5: Family Dinner in Beer Sheva - (Lida & Michael Visit Lida's Parents) -- 5.7.1 Sociolinguistic Background -- 5.7.1.1 Attitudes, Identity, Language Choice -- 5.7.2 Conversation -- 5.7.3 Selection -- 5.7.4 Quantitative Data -- 5.7.4.1 Turns -- 5.7.4.2 Switches -- 5.7.5 Structural Patterns -- 5.7.5.1 Morphological Integration -- 5.7.5.2 Morphosyntactic Integration -- 5.7.5.3 Syntactic Integration -- 5.7.5.4 Compromise Strategies: EL islands -- 5.7.5.5 Code switching above the Projection of Complementizer Level -- 5.7.6 Summary -- 5.8 Conversation 6: Bat Yam Peers (Ira, Yulia & Sasha) -- 5.8.1 Sociolinguistic background -- 5.8.1.1 Attitudes, Identity, Language Choice -- 5.8.1.1.1 Yulia -- 5.8.1.1.2 Attitudes towards Russian and Hebrew -- 5.8.1.1.3 Ira -- 5.8.1.1.4 Sasha -- 5.8.1.2 Attitudes towards Hebrew -- 5.8.1.3 Attitudes towards Native Israelis -- 5.8.2 Conversation -- 5.8.3 Selection -- 5.8.4 Quantitative Data -- 5.8.4.1 Turns -- 5.8.4.2 Switches -- 5.8.4.3 Directionality of CS -- 5.8.5 Structural Patterns -- 5.8.5.1 CS from Hebrew to Russian -- 5.8.5.1.1 Morphological Integration -- 5.8.5.1.2 Morphosyntactic Integration -- 5.8.5.1.3 Syntactic Integration -- 5.8.5.1.4 Convergence -- 5.8.5.1.5 CS above the CP Level -- 5.8.5.1.5.1 Intersentential CS -- 5.8.5.1.5.2 Inter-clausal CS to Russian -- 5.8.5.1.5.3 Subordinated Constructions -- 5.8.5.1.5.4 Quoted Speech -- 5.8.5.1.5.5 Relative Clauses -- 5.8.5.1.5.6 Coordinating Constructions -- 5.8.5.2 Switching to Hebrew -- 5.8.6 Summary -- Sasha -- Ira -- Yulia -- 5.9 Conversation 7: Last Day before School (Lena & Diana) -- 5.9.1 Sociolinguistic Background -- 5.9.2 Conversation -- 5.9.3 Selection -- 5.9.4 Quantitative Data.

5.9.4.1 Turns -- 5.9.4.2 Switches -- 5.9.5 Structural Patterns -- 5.9.5.1 Morphological Integration -- 5.9.5.2 Morphosyntactic Integration -- 5.9.5.3 Syntactic integration -- 5.9.5.4 Flagging -- 5.9.5.5 Compromise Strategies -- 5.9.5.5.1 EL Islands -- 5.9.5.6 Convergence/Attrition -- 5.9.5.7 Triggering -- 5.9.5.8 Non-Contact Induced Changes -- 5.9.5.9 Switching Above the CP Level -- 5.9.5.9.1 Inter-clausal CS -- 5.9.5.9.1.1 Quoted Speech -- 5.9.6 Summary -- 6 Chapter IV: Generalizations -- 6.1 Prototypes -- 6.1.1 1st Group -- 6.1.2 2nd Group -- 6.1.3 3rd Group -- 6.2 Inter-Speaker Differences within Generations -- 6.2.1 Correlations between Linguistic Proficiency and CS Patterns -- 6.2.2 How Language Choice Accounts for Inter-speaker Differences in Language Use in the Present Corpus of Data -- 6.2.2.1 1st Group -- 6.2.2.2 2nd Group -- 6.2.2.3 3rd Group -- 6.3 Summary -- 7 Chapter V: Diachronic Perspective -- 7.1 ML Turnover -- 7.2 Language Maintenance or Shift in the Russian Immigrant Community? -- 7.2.1 Factors Influencing L1 Maintenance -- 7.2.2 Geopolitical Changes and Their Linguistic Consequences for Russian Immigrants from 1970s and 1990s Immigration Waves to Israel -- 7.2.3 Conclusion -- 8 Bibliography -- 9 Appendix -- 9.1 Conversation 1: Useful Advice (Tamara & Tania) -- 9.2 Conversation 2: Sharing Holiday Impressions (Marina & Tamara) -- 9.3 Conversation 3: Visiting Friends in Caesarea -- 9.3.1 1st Part: Playing a Game (Katia & Danik) -- 9.3.2 2nd Part: At the Dinner Table (Katia, Zhenia & Danik) -- 9.4 Conversation 4 (Lena & Alex) -- 9.4.1 1st Part: Family Talk -- 9.4.2 2nd Part: Receiving a Guest -- 9.5 Conversation 5: Dinner in Beer Sheva (Lida & Michael visit Lida's parents) -- 9.6 Conversation 6: Bat-Yam Peers (Ira, Yulia & Sasha) -- 9.7 Conversation 7: Last Day before School (Lena & Diana).