Politics and the theory of language in the USSR, 1917-1938 : the birth of sociological linguistics / / edited by Craig Brandist and Katya Chown [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459333103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Anthem Press, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-283-37725-X; 9786613377258; 0-85728-948-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 199 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
• Disciplina: 306.440947/09042
• Soggetti: Sociolinguistics - Soviet Union - History; Linguistics - Soviet Union - Philosophy - History; Linguistics - Social aspects - Soviet Union - History; Linguistics - Political aspects - Soviet Union - History; Linguists - Soviet Union; Russian language - Social aspects - Soviet Union - History; Russian language - Political aspects - Soviet Union - History; Language policy - Soviet Union - History; Soviet Union Politics and government 1917-1936
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Craig Brandist -- Soviet linguistics of the 1920s and 1930s and the scholarly heritage / Vladimir M. Alpatov -- "Sociology" in Soviet linguistics of the 1920-30s : Shor, Polivanov and Voloshinov / Mika Lähteenmäki -- Theoretical insights and ideological pressures in early Soviet linguistics : the cases of Lev Iakubinskii and Boris Larin / Victoria Gulida -- Early Soviet linguistics and Mikhail Bakhtin's essays on the novel of the 1930s / Craig Brandist and Mika Lähteenmäki -- Language as a battlefield : the rhetoric of class struggle in linguistic debates of the first five-year plan period : the case of E.D. Polivanov vs. G.K. Danilov / Kapitolina Fedorova -- The tenacity of forms : language, nation, Stalin / Michael G. Smith -- The word as culture : Grigorii ; Vinokur's applied language science / Vladislava Reznik -- Language ideology and the evolution of kulʹtura iazyka ("speech culture") in Soviet Russia / Michael S. Gorham -- Psychology, linguistics and the rise of applied social science in the USSR : Isaak Shpilʹreĭn's Language of the Red Army soldier / Craig Brandist -- Appendix 1: Introduction to japhetidology : theses / Ivan Meshchaninov ; translated and with an introduction by Craig Brandist -- Appendix 2: Glossary of names -- Appendix 3: List of contributors.
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Politics and the Theory of Language in the USSR 1917-1938' provides ground-breaking research into the relationship between linguistic theory and politics during the first two decades of the USSR.