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Russian in The 1740s by Thomas Rosén (2022, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAcademic Studies Press
ISBN-101644697971
ISBN-139781644697979
eBay Product ID (ePID)23057282527
Product Key Features
Number of Pages212 Pages
Publication NameRussian in the 1740s
LanguageEnglish
SubjectRussia & the Former Soviet Union, Regional Studies
Publication Year2022
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
AuthorThomas Rosén
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length10 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2021-952344
Dewey Edition23/eng/20220802
Reviews"Rosén makes a large contribution to the study of eighteenth-century Russian and displays a thorough knowledge of the field. The language of eighteenth-century Russia remains a highly complex, important and rich area of research, and this monograph is sure to lead to further work in this field by the author himself and by other scholars." -- Robert Lagerberg, University of Melbourne, New Zealand Slavonic Journal "Thomas Rosén's Russian in the 1740s opens on a personal note outlining the story that sparked this very focused, meticulously structured research of a fairly narrow subject and this little personal touch somehow turns this generally very academic study into something much more intriguing." -- Vera Tsareva-Brauner, Slavic Review "This book offers a meticulous examination of written Russian texts dating to the 1740s, the first decade of Tsarina Elizabeth's reign. ... The author's methodology will inform future investigations of brief time periods in the history of Russian language usage needed to better understand the country's social development. This book is a model for sociolinguists, especially social historians interested in the development of education and literacy in czarist Russia. ... Recommended." -- E. J. Vajda, Western Washington University, CHOICE (April 2023: Vol. 60 No. 8), "...[T]he manuscript heritage of the 1740s is an extensive and very heterogeneous material. A comprehensive analysis of this array in all its diversity is a matter of the future - in this regard, T. Rosen's book offers a promising direction for further research and is an essential step towards them." -- Natalia Kareva, i: E-Journal of Eighteenth-Century Russian Studies (Translated from Russian), "This book offers a meticulous examination of written Russian texts dating to the 1740s, the first decade of Tsarina Elizabeth's reign. ... The author's methodology will inform future investigations of brief time periods in the history of Russian language usage needed to better understand the country's social development. This book is a model for sociolinguists, especially social historians interested in the development of education and literacy in czarist Russia. ... Recommended." -- E. J. Vajda, Western Washington University, CHOICE (April 2023: Vol. 60 No. 8), "Thomas Rosén's Russian in the 1740s opens on a personal note outlining the story that sparked this very focused, meticulously structured research of a fairly narrow subject and this little personal touch somehow turns this generally very academic study into something much more intriguing." -- Vera Tsareva-Brauner, Slavic Review "This book offers a meticulous examination of written Russian texts dating to the 1740s, the first decade of Tsarina Elizabeth's reign. ... The author's methodology will inform future investigations of brief time periods in the history of Russian language usage needed to better understand the country's social development. This book is a model for sociolinguists, especially social historians interested in the development of education and literacy in czarist Russia. ... Recommended." -- E. J. Vajda, Western Washington University, CHOICE (April 2023: Vol. 60 No. 8)
Dewey Decimal491.77/02
Table Of ContentAuthor''s Notes Notes on Transliteration Spelling of Names The Old Style Calendar Translation of Quotations Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Aim and Purpose of the Investigation 1.2 Language and Society in Eighteenth-Century Russia 1.3 Historical Sociolinguistics? 1.4 Chronological Delimitations 1.5 Was Post-Petrine Russian in Disarray? 1.6. Research Questions 1.6.1 Extralinguistic Questions 1.6.2 Linguistic Questions: 1.7 Outline of the Investigation Chapter 2: Survey of Existing Research 2.1 Russian Language from the 1740s as a Field of Study 2.2 General Studies of Eighteenth-Century Russian 2.3 Sociolinguistically Oriented Studies of Eighteenth-Century Russian 2.4 Language and Politics in the 1740s 2.5 Assessing the Situation 2.6 Conclusions Chapter 3: The Impact of Society on Language 3.1 Introductory Remarks 3.1.1 Peoples and Languages 3.1.2 Social Stratification 3.1.3 Politics and Administration 3.2 Education and Literacy in Eighteenth-Century Russia 3.2.1 Education 3.2.2 Literacy 3.3 Language Management 3.3.1 Examining Language Management in Handwritten Documents from the 1740s 3.3.2 The Imperial Academy of Sciences, a Language Management Agency 3.3.3 A New Function: The Founding of the Russian Conference 3.3.4 The Demise of the Russian Conference 3.4 Language Management in the Administration 3.4.1 Template for the Imperial Title, 1741 3.4.2 Template for a Letter of Credit, 1744 3.5 Conclusions Chapter 4: Available Sources 4.1 Electronic Corpora of Eighteenth-Century Texts 4.2 Printed Texts 4.2.1 Books 4.2.2 Newspapers 4.2.3 Popular Prints 4.3 Archival Material 4.3.1 Selection of Sources 4.4 Paleographic Characteristics of the Material 4.4.1 Developments in Printing during the 1740s 4.4.2 Handwritten Documents 4.5 The People behind the Material Chapter 5: Methodological Considerations 5.1 Existing Methods 5.2 Methodological Renewal 5.2.1 The Uniformitarian Principle 5.2.2 The Uniformitarian Principle and the Registers of Eighteenth-Century Russian 5.2.3 What May Have Influenced the Registers? 5.2.4 Register Analysis 5.3 Register Analysis of Russian from the 1740s Chapter 6: Situational Analysis of Registers 6.1 Participants 6.1.1 Individuals 6.1.2 Institutions 6.2 Relationships among Participants 6.3 Channel 6.3.1 Change of Printed Medium: A Weather Phenomenon in Spain 6.3.2 Speech to Writing: Witness Statements 6.4 Processing Circumstances 6.5 Setting 6.6 Communicative Purpose 6.7 Topics 6.8 Conclusions Chapter 7: Linguistic Analysis 7.1 Autographs 7.1.1 Mate Filipp Lanikin''s Receipt 7.1.2 Mikhail Turchenikov''s Letter and Its Cultural Context a) The Report b) The Letters 7.2 The Language of Regional Administration 7.3 The Language of Diplomacy 7.3.1 The Treaty on Subsidies 7.3.2 Letters to the Royal Families 7.3.3 A Letter by A. I. Rumiantsev 7.4 The Life of Printed Texts 7.4.1 Printing and Obsolete Characters 7.4.2 The Development of Printed Texts 7.4.3 Parallel Editions: Field-Marshal de Lacy''s Reports from the Front Chapter 8: Functional Analysis 8.1 Tradition 8.2 Education 8.3 Social Identity 8.4 Efficiency of Administration 8.5 Informativity 8.6 Conclusion Chapter 9: General Conclusions 9.1 Territorial Expansion and the Need for Trained Specialists 9.2 Education and Literacy 9.3 Organized Language Management 9.4 Functional Spheres of Russian in the 1740s 9.5 Perspectives Bibliography Archival Sources Archival Sources on the Internet Printed Sources Literature
SynopsisDuring the 1740s, literate Russians mostly kept to traditional forms of written language. Although the linguistic reforms undertaken by Peter the Great earlier in the century affected printed secular texts and the imperial administration, these reforms were less radical than often assumed. This study draws conclusions based on an analysis that differs from earlier ones. First of all, the study examines the Russian language during a comparatively little-known decade of the eighteenth century. In doing so, it takes into account not only strictly linguistic data, but also developments in Russian society. Second, the investigation analyzes sources that are seldom valued for their linguistic content, thus offering a broader perspective on the Russian language of the period., This investigation offers a broader perspective on the Russian language of the 1740s by analyzing sources that are seldom valued for their linguistic content. It shows that although literate Russians were exposed to a growing number of modern printed texts, they mostly kept to traditional forms of written language during this period.
LC Classification NumberPG2075
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