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Politics and the Theory of Language in the USSR 1917-1938 by Craig Brandist

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Politics and the Theory of Language in the USSR 1917-1938

The Birth of Sociological Linguistics

Craig Brandist, Katya Chown

Anthem Press · Print & ebook · March 1, 2010

Reading lane: East European Literary Criticism

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Good for readers interested in linguistic theory and Soviet political historyScholars studying sociological linguistics and its early development

Book Details

Authors
Craig Brandist, Katya Chown
Publisher
Anthem Press
Published
March 1, 2010
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
East European Literary Criticism · Russian Lit Crit
Reading lane
East European Literary Criticism

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  • Russian History

  • East European Literary Criticism

About This Book

‘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. Some of these insights still have a progressive role to play in scholars...

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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. Some of these insights still have a progressive role to play in scholarship today.

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