Chapter 3. G.G. Shpet, linguistic structure, and the Eurasian imperative in Soviet language reform

Chapters in this book

1. i-iv i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Historical challenges
6. Chapter 1. Democracy and language in late imperial Russia 15
7. Chapter 2. Divided speech communities of the Soviet Union 35
8. Part II. Theoretical approaches
9. Chapter 3. G.G. Shpet, linguistic structure, and the Eurasian imperative in Soviet language reform 59
10. Chapter 4. N.Ia. Marr, language history, and the Stalin cultural revolution 81
11. Part III. Practical experiments
12. Chapter 5. Mass mobilizing for Russian literacy: scripts, grammar and style 103
13. Chapter 6. “A revolution for the east”: Latin alphabets and their polemics 121
14. Part IV. Statist solutions
15. Chapter 7. The official campaign for Russian language culture 143
16. Chapter 8. Stalin’s linguistic theories as cultural conquest 161
17. Conclusion 175
18. Abbreviations and acronyms 181
19. Notes 185
20. Archival sources 225
21. References 229
22. Index 287
23. 303-304 303