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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788981603321

Autore

Smith Michael G. <1960->

Titolo

Language and power in the creation of the USSR, 1917-1953 / / by Michael G. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1998

ISBN

3-11-080558-8

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 pages)

Collana

Contributions to the sociology of language ; ; 80

Classificazione

KG 1055

Disciplina

306.44/947/0904

Soggetti

Language policy - Soviet Union

Soviet Union Languages Political aspects

Soviet Union Politics and government 1917-1936

Soviet Union Politics and government 1936-1953

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Historical challenges -- Chapter 1. Democracy and language in late imperial Russia -- Chapter 2. Divided speech communities of the Soviet Union -- Part II. Theoretical approaches -- Chapter 3. G.G. Shpet, linguistic structure, and the Eurasian imperative in Soviet language reform -- Chapter 4. N.Ia. Marr, language history, and the Stalin cultural revolution -- Part III. Practical experiments -- Chapter 5. Mass mobilizing for Russian literacy: scripts, grammar and style -- Chapter 6. "A revolution for the east": Latin alphabets and their polemics -- Part IV. Statist solutions -- Chapter 7. The official campaign for Russian language culture -- Chapter 8. Stalin's linguistic theories as cultural conquest -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Notes -- Archival sources -- References -- Index -- Backmatter