Language and Power in the Creation of the USSR, 1917-1953 / / Michael G. Smith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 1990 - 1999
• VerfasserIn: Smith, Michael G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: Reprint 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] , 80
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Other title: i-iv --; 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 --; 303-304
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110805581; 9783110636895
• ISSN: 1861-0676
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110805581
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Michael G. Smith.