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The Russian Language in the Twentieth Century

By Bernard Comrie

The Russian Language in the Twentieth Century Law

The Russian Language in the Twentieth Century

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Bernard Comrie and Gerald Stone's The Russian Language Since the Revolution (OUP, 1978) provided a comprehensive account of the way Russian changed in the period between 1917 and the 1970s. In this new volume the authors, joined by Maria Polinsky, extend the time frame back to 1900 and forward to glasnost in the mid-1980s. They first consider changes in the pronunciation, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary of the language and then examine the effects of social change on the language in chapters on the changing status of women, modes of address, speech etiquette, and orthography. They show that changes in all these areas have been substantial, and explore the extent to which the standard language, as portrayed in dictionaries and grammars, coincides with the actual usage - both spoken and written - of educated Russians. The book will be of interest not only to students of Russian but more generally to sociolinguists and those with an interest in language change.
Product details
Edition:
2
Number of Pages:
400
Release Date:
1996-05-23
Publication Date:
1996-03-28
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
019824066X
ISBN13:
9780198240662
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
694 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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