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ソ連言語政策史再考
The History of Soviet Language Policy Reconsidered

Author(s): Nobuaki Shiokawa
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Slavic Research Center

Summary/Abstract: Hitherto, Soviet language policy was often interpreted to be aimed at “Russification.” Although this viewpoint is not entirely groundless, it is often exaggerated and tends to lead to a one-sided picture. It is true that man y non-Russian nationalities in the So viet Union have been, more or less, linguistically russified. But it cannot be denied that some nationalities, especially those with Union republics, have retained their national languages to a fairly high degree. Thus, it is necessary to investigate the language situation more fully on the basis of empirical data.

  • Issue Year: 1999
  • Issue No: 46
  • Page Range: 155-190
  • Page Count: 36
  • Language: Japanese