| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 216 pages) |
| Contents |
The absent past : the language of Czech sociology before and after 1989 / Marek Skovajsa -- The linguistic legacy of the communist propaganda in post-communist thought patterns : the case of Poland / Magda Stroinska -- What does democracy mean in Moldova? : political discourse around contested words in the disputed elections of 2009 / Matthew H. Ciscel -- The language of Romanian post-communist politics twenty years after : linguistic memories of a communist past / Cosmina Tanasoiu -- Newspeak in the language of politics in the post-totalitarian era : the case of Bulgaria / Rossen Vassilev -- Intertwining legacies : language and socio-cultural change in post-Soviet Latvia / Andrejs Plakans -- The language of the media in post-communist Romania / Marius Dragomir -- Changes and continuities / Norina Solomon -- Official ideological discourse in pre-transition and post-communist Russia : what has really changed since the communist period? / Ekaterina Levintova -- Language, state, and society in post-Mao China : continuity and change / Ji Fengyuan |
| Summary |
The book represents the first scholarly work to provide a detailed and clear view of the extent to which, and of the way in which linguistic-mental habits of the communist totalitarian era manifest themselves in the new discursive environment of the post-totalitarian era in Eastern Europe, Russia, and China. The book achieves its objective through ten discrete discussions, each offering new perspectives and insights on the book's topic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Discourse analysis -- Political aspects -- Europe, Eastern
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Discourse analysis -- Political aspects -- Russia (Federation)
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Discourse analysis -- Political aspects -- China
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Totalitarianism -- Social aspects -- Case studies
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Post-communism -- Social aspects -- Europe, Eastern
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Post-communism -- Social aspects -- Russia (Federation)
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Post-communism -- Social aspects -- China
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Discourse analysis -- Political aspects
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Language and languages
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Post-communism -- Social aspects
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Totalitarianism -- Social aspects
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Totalitarismus
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Sprache
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Politische Sprache
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Textlinguistik.
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Totalitarismus.
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Postkommunismus.
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Politische Sprache.
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| SUBJECT |
Europe, Eastern -- Languages.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96008888
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Russia (Federation) -- Languages.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85116017
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China -- Languages.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024150
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China
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Eastern Europe
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Russia (Federation)
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Osteuropa.
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China.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Andrews, Ernest, 1939-
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| LC no. |
2021764041 |
| ISBN |
9780739164679 |
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0739164678 |
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