Politics and the Theory of Language in the USSR 1917-1938
The Birth of Sociological Linguistics
Anthem Press · Print & ebook · March 1, 2010
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- Who it’s for
- Explore how linguistic theory and politics intersected in the USSR’s first two decades.
- Themes
- Linguistic theory and politics, Soviet intellectual history, Sociological linguistics
- Genres
- Historical Linguistics, Russian & Post-Soviet Politics, Sociolinguistics
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‘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. This work introduces some of the era's most notable figures whose achievements have been largely overlooked in the West, and provides a thought-provoking discussion of the innovative approaches they developed.
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Language and Soviet Politics
Explore how linguistic theory and politics intersected in the USSR’s first two decades.
Come here for
- The relationship between linguistic theory and politics in the USSR
- Overlooked figures and the approaches they developed
Expect
- Discussion of innovative approaches to language
- A focus on scholarship whose figures were largely overlooked in the West
Where it sits
| Historical Linguistics | 51% |
|---|---|
| Russian & Post-Soviet Politics | 33% |
| Sociolinguistics | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Russian History
- East European Literary Criticism
- Authors
- Craig Brandist, Katya Chown
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Published
- March 1, 2010
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Linguistic theory and politics · Soviet intellectual history · Sociological linguistics
- Reading lane
- Russian History