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French and Russian in Imperial Russia. Volume 2, Language attitudes and identity /

Explores how knowledge of French helped shape Russian identities and their views on the Russian language. This is the second of two companion volumes which examine language use and language attitudes in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Russia, focusing on the transitional period from the Enlighten...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Offord, Derek (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]
Series:Russian language and society.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • French and Russian in Imperial Russia; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Note on dates, transliteration and other editorial practices; Abbreviations Used in the Text, Notes and References; Dates of Reigns in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Russia; Introduction; 1 The Pan-European Justification of a Multilingual Russian Society in the Late Eighteenth Century; 2 Princess Dashkova and the Politics of Language in Eighteenth-Century Russia; 3 3 Plating 'Russian Gold' with 'French Copper': Aleksandr Sumarokov and Eighteenth-Century Franco-Russian Translation.
  • 12 Love à la mode: Russian Words and French SourcesConclusion; Notes on Contributors; Index.