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In the 1920s, language began to be seen as a social phenomenon, and Russian and Soviet linguists tried to give a sociological explanation to features of language. At the same time, Soviet linguists sought to develop a "Marxist" linguistics, as opposed to the early theories that were viewed as bourgeois. Based on this, linguists focused more on ...
Linguistic imperialism is a form of linguicism which benefits and grants power to the dominating/oppressing language and its speakers. As summarized by linguists Heath Rose and John Conama, Dr. Phillipson argues that the defining characteristics of linguistic imperialism are: [5] [6]
Philologist Dmitry Likhachyov with a text in Old East Slavic on the background of the Russian Literature Institute (Russian postage stamp).. This list of Russian linguists and philologists includes notable linguists from the Russian Federation, the Soviet Union, the Russian Empire and other predecessor states of Russia.
Scholars discussing Soviet empire have discussed it as a formal empire or informal empire.In a more formal interpretation of "Soviet empire", this meant absolutism, resembling Lenin's description of the tsarist empire as a "prison of the peoples" except that this "prison of the peoples" had been actualized during Stalin's regime after Lenin's death.
"Marxism and Problems of Linguistics" [1] (Russian: Марксизм и вопросы языкознания, romanized: Marksizm i voprosy yazykoznaniya) is an article written by Joseph Stalin, most of which was first published on 20 June 1950, in the newspaper Pravda (the "answers" attached at the end came later, in July and August), and was ...
Russian imperialism is the political, economic and cultural influence, as well as military power, exerted by Russia and its predecessor states, over other countries and territories. It includes the conquests of the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the imperialism of the Soviet Union, and the neo-imperialism of the
Linguistic imperialism interlocks with a structure of imperialism in culture, education, the media, communication, the economy, politics, and military activities. In essence it is about exploitation , injustice, inequality, and hierarchy that privileges those able to use the dominant language.
The Languages of the Peoples of the USSR (Russian: Языки народов СССР) is a scholarly work in five volumes published in Moscow in 1967 by Nauka to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution.