Politics and the Theory of Language in the USSR 1917-1938: The Birth of Sociological Linguistics (Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843318407 ISBN 13: 9781843318408

Publisher: Anthem Press, 2010

Synopsis

‘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.

About this title

Book Description:

Ground-breaking research into the complex interrelations of linguistic theory and politics during the first two decades of the USSR.

About the Author:

Craig Brandist is Professor of Cultural Theory and Intellectual History and Director of the Bakhtin Centre at the University of Sheffield.

Katya Chown is Lecturer in Russian at Leeds University and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield.

About this edition

• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1843318407
• ISBN 13: 9781843318408
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 206
• Editor: Brandist Craig, Chown Katya