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UNINA9910811876403321 |
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Gorham Michael S. |
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After Newspeak : language, culture and politics in Russia from Gorbachev to Putin / / Michael S. Gorham |
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Ithaca, New York : , : Cornell University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-8014-7056-0 |
1-322-52260-X |
0-8014-7057-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (255 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Language policy - Russia (Federation) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Translations -- Introduction: Ideologies, Economies, and Technologies of Language -- 1. The Soviet Legacy: From Political to Cultural Correctness -- 2. Glasnost Unleashed: Language Ideologies in the Gorbachev Revolution -- 3. Economies of Profanity: Free Speech and Varieties of Language Degradation -- 4. In Defense of the National Tongue: Guardians, Legislators, and Monitors of the Norm -- 5. Taking the Offensive: Language Culture and Policy under Putin -- 6. "Cyber Curtain" or Glasnost 2.0? Strategies for Web-based Communication in the New Media Age -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Sayings and Proverbs about Language -- Works Cited -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In After Newspeak, Michael S. Gorham presents a cultural history of the politics of Russian language from Gorbachev and glasnost to Putin and the emergence of new generations of Web technologies. Gorham begins from the premise that periods of rapid and radical change both shape and are shaped by language. He documents the role and fate of the Russian language in the collapse of the USSR and the decades of reform and national reconstruction that have followed. Gorham demonstrates the inextricable linkage of language and politics in everything from |
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