Bibliography on Soviet Linguistics, Marrism, etc.

  1. Abstract: A linguistic myth of the first Soviet 5-year plan, revealed in mythopoeic production novels of the 1920s & 1930s, is characterized as a co-opted component of the Christian Orthodox model of Pentecost: communists can understand one another across language barriers, whereas noncommunists cannot communicate even in the same language & fall silent. Transformations of the Biblical vision of Pentecost as the reversal of Babel are shown to abound in early Soviet writing, culminating in N. Ya. Marr's claim that a transformed humanity would create a single world language. The production novels under study, however, depict linguistic differences as trivial & incapable of interfering with communication among true enthusiasts, as seen in instances of dialect mixing, foreigner talk, & extensive use of macaronic language. 44 References. J. Hitchcock AN: 9909714

  2. The Soviet linguistic controversy; translated from the Soviet press by John V. Murra, Robert M. Hankin, and Fred Holling. Current digest of the Soviet press. New York, King's Crown Press, 1951. Series: Columbia Slavic studies. High Density Storage: Request with PLACE REQUESTS 404 C938.EM