Language policy in the Soviet Union / by Lenore A. Grenoble.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grenoble, Lenore A.

Series:

Language policy (Monographic series) ; v. 3.

Language policy ; v.3.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language policy--Soviet Union.

Language policy.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Languages.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

ix, 237 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht, Netherlands ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, [2003]

Summary:

The former Soviet Union provides one of the most interesting examples of a nation state's deliberate use of language policy to further its political goals. Language Policy in the Soviet Union provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the development of this policy at both national and local levels. It is meant for linguists, policy makers, and specialists on the USSR and Eastern Europe. The book is organized in such a way that it can be read in its entirety or selectively, with an introduction to the USSR and its ethnolinguistic makeup, followed by a chronology of Soviet language policy and its general development. Subsequent chapters are organized regionally, with surveys of the geographic and ethnolinguistic regions of the Soviet Union and a discussion of language policy and its impact in each of them.

Contents:

1. Organization of the Soviet State 4

2. The Linguistic Map of the Soviet Union 8

3. Ethnic Composition of the USSR 20

4. Analyzing the Soviet Union 26

2. An Overview of Soviet Language Policy 35

1. The Early Soviet Years 35

2. Constructing Nationalities 38

3. The Nationalities Question 40

4. The Literacy Campaign 45

5. Language Policy under Stalin, 1930-1950 54

6. Language Policy after World War II 57

7. Brezhnev and the 1970's 58

8. Language and Education 59

9. Perestroika 62

3. The Slavic Republics and Moldova 65

1. The Russian Soviet Federate Socialist Republic 66

2. The Ukrainian SSR 82

3. The Belorussian SSR 86

4. The Moldavian SSR 89

5. The Backlash of Reform 93

4. The Baltic States 95

2. The Estonian SSR 97

3. The Latvian SSR 99

4. The Lithuanian SSR 104

5. Reform and Revolt 108

5. The Caucasus 111

1. Overview of the Caucasus 111

2. The Georgian SSR 115

3. The Armenian SSR 122

4. The Azerbaijan SSR 123

5. The North Caucasus 125

6. Summary View of the Caucasus 134

6. Central Asia 137

2. Turkestan 141

3. The Uzbek SSR 143

4. Central Asia Prior to World War II 149

5. Central Asia after Stalin 157

6. Language Reform 159

7. The North 161

1. Languages of the North 161

2. The Literacy Campaign in the North 162

3. "Small" Languages of the North 167

4. Language Development 173

5. The "Large" Minorities 179

6. Language Endangerment 187

8. The Impact of Soviet Language Policy 193

1. Language Shift 193

2. Shifting Demographics 197

3. The New "Nativization" Movements 204

Map of the Soviet Union, 1980 237.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226) and indexes.

ISBN:

1402012985

OCLC:

52895058