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

Name: Politics and the Theory of Language in the USSR 1917-1938
ISBN: 9781843318408

The Birth of Sociological Linguistics

Craig Brandist, Katya Chown

Anthem Press · Print & ebook · March 1, 2010

Reading lane: East European Literary Criticism

Sociolinguistics Russian Lit Crit 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

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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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