Russian in the 1740s / / Thomas Rosén.

• VerfasserIn: Rosén, Thomas,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Academic Studies Press,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 198 pages)

During the 1740s, literate Russians mostly kept to traditional forms of written language. Although the linguistic reforms undertaken by Peter the Great earlier in the century affected printed secular texts and the imperial administration, these reforms were less radical than often assumed. This study draws conclusions based on an analysis that differs from earlier ones. First of all, the study examines the Russian language during a comparatively little-known decade of the eighteenth century. In doing so, it takes into account not only strictly linguistic data, but also developments in Russian society. Second, the investigation analyzes sources that are seldom valued for their linguistic content, thus offering a broader perspective on the Russian language of the period.

Table of Contents

Author's Notes -- Notes on Transliteration -- Spelling of Names -- The Old Style Calendar -- Translation of Quotations -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Aim and Purpose of the Investigation -- 1.2 Language and Society in Eighteenth-Century Russia -- 1.3 Historical Sociolinguistics? -- 1.4 Chronological Delimitations -- 1.5 Was Post-Petrine Russian in Disarray? -- 1.6. Research Questions -- 1.6.1 Extralinguistic Questions -- 1.6.2 Linguistic Questions: -- 1.7 Outline of the Investigation -- Chapter 2: Survey of Existing Research -- 2.1 Russian Language from the 1740s as a Field of Study -- 2.2 General Studies of Eighteenth-Century Russian -- 2.3 Sociolinguistically Oriented Studies of Eighteenth-Century Russian -- 2.4 Language and Politics in the 1740s -- 2.5 Assessing the Situation -- 2.6 Conclusions -- Chapter 3: The Impact of Society on Language -- 3.1 Introductory Remarks -- 3.1.1 Peoples and Languages -- 3.1.2 Social Stratification -- 3.1.3 Politics and Administration -- 3.2 Education and Literacy in Eighteenth-Century Russia -- 3.2.1 Education3.2.2 Literacy3.3 Language Management -- 3.3.1 Examining Language Management in Handwritten Documents from the 1740s -- 3.3.2 The Imperial Academy of Sciences, a Language Management Agency -- 3.3.3 A New Function: The Founding of the Russian Conference -- 3.3.4 The Demise of the Russian Conference -- 3.4 Language Management in the Administration -- 3.4.1 Template for the Imperial Title, 1741 -- 3.4.2 Template for a Letter of Credit, 17443.5 Conclusions -- Chapter 4: Available Sources -- 4.1 Electronic Corpora of Eighteenth-Century Texts -- 4.2 Printed Texts -- 4.2.1 Books -- 4.2.2 Newspapers -- 4.2.3 Popular Prints -- 4.3 Archival Material -- 4.3.1 Selection of Sources -- 4.4 Paleographic Characteristics of the Material -- 4.4.1 Developments in Printing during the 1740s -- 4.4.2 Handwritten Documents -- 4.5 The People behind the Material -- Chapter 5: Methodological Considerations -- 5.1 Existing Methods5.2 Methodological Renewal -- 5.2.1 The Uniformitarian Principle -- 5.2.2 The Uniformitarian Principle and the Registers of Eighteenth-Century Russian -- 5.2.3 What May Have Influenced the Registers? -- 5.2.4 Register Analysis -- 5.3 Register Analysis of Russian from the 1740s -- Chapter 6: Situational Analysis of Registers -- 6.1 Participants -- 6.1.1 Individuals -- 6.1.2 Institutions -- 6.2 Relationships among Participants -- 6.3 Channel -- 6.3.1 Change of Printed Medium: A Weather Phenomenon in Spain -- 6.3.2 Speech to Writing: Witness Statements -- 6.4 Processing Circumstances -- 6.5 Setting -- 6.6 Communicative Purpose -- 6.7 Topics -- 6.8 Conclusions -- Chapter 7: Linguistic Analysis -- 7.1 Autographs -- 7.1.1 Mate Filipp Lanikin's Receipt -- 7.1.2 Mikhail Turchenikov's Letter and Its Cultural Context a. The Report b. The Letters -- 7.2 The Language of Regional Administration -- 7.3 The Language of Diplomacy -- 7.3.1 The Treaty on Subsidies -- 7.3.2 Letters to the Royal Families -- 7.3.3 A Letter by A. I. Rumiantsev -- 7.4 The Life of Printed Texts -- 7.4.1 Printing and Obsolete Characters -- 7.4.2 The Development of Printed Texts -- 7.4.3 Parallel Editions: Field-Marshal de Lacy's Reports from the Front -- Chapter 8: Functional Analysis8.1 Tradition8.2 Education -- 8.3 Social Identity8.4 Efficiency of Administration -- 8.5 Informativity8.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 9: General Conclusions -- 9.1 Territorial Expansion and the Need for Trained Specialists -- 9.2 Education and Literacy -- 9.3 Organized Language Management -- 9.4 Functional Spheres of Russian in the 1740s -- 9.5 PerspectivesBibliographyArchival Sources -- Archival Sources on the Internet -- Printed Sources -- Literature.