Language Policy in the Soviet Union

• Main Author: Grenoble, Lenore A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2003.
• Series: Language Policy, 3
• Subjects: Education.; Russian language.; Sociolinguistics.; Language and education.; Education, general.; Language Education.; Russian.

Soviet language policy provides rich material for the study of the impact of policy on language use. Moreover, it offers a unique vantage point on the tie between language and culture. While linguists and ethnographers grapple with defining the relationship of language to culture, or of language and...

Table of Contents:

• An Overview of Soviet Language Policy
• The Slavic Republics and Moldova
• The Baltic States
• The Caucasus
• Central Asia
• The North
• The Impact of Soviet Language Policy.