The Languages of the Soviet Union
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The Languages of the Soviet Union is a scholarly survey by linguist Bernard Comrie that analyzes the structure, classification, and sociolinguistic situation of the diverse languages spoken across the former Soviet Union.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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scholarly survey ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
comparative linguistics
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descriptive linguistics ⓘ |
| analyzes |
language contact
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language maintenance ⓘ language shift ⓘ language structure ⓘ morphology ⓘ multilingualism ⓘ phonology ⓘ syntax ⓘ |
| author | Bernard Comrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discusses |
Cyrillicization of alphabets
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Russian language ⓘ language policy and planning ⓘ minority languages in the Soviet Union ⓘ role of Russian as lingua franca ⓘ script reforms ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Soviet studies
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linguistics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Baltic languages
NERFINISHED
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Caucasian languages ⓘ Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Eskimo–Aleut languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Finno-Ugric languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongolic languages ⓘ Slavic languages ⓘ Tungusic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Yukaghir language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | academic literature ⓘ |
| hasContributor | Bernard Comrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature | survey of diverse language families in the USSR ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
language planners
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linguists ⓘ students of Soviet studies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
language classification
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language policy in the Soviet Union ⓘ languages of the Soviet Union ⓘ linguistic typology ⓘ sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| setting | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
20th century
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Soviet era ⓘ |
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