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The Linguistic Theories of N. Ja. Marr

The Linguistic Theories of N. Ja. Marr, Lawrence L. Thomas's 1957 scholarly study, University of California Publications in Linguistics volume 14, is the standard academic study of the Soviet linguist N. Ia. Marr's discredited Japhetic theory, which claimed a common origin for Caucasian, Semitic Hamitic and Basque languages and was promoted under Soviet ideological patronage. Its strength is that it is the standard academic study of this discredited theory and its political promotion. Its limit is its age, nearly seventy years; later historiography of Soviet science should be read alongside it for the theory's fuller political context.

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Tier one: the standard academic study of Soviet linguist N. Ia. Marr's discredited Japhetic theory and its ideological promotion, from the University of California Publications in Linguistics series. Its limit is its age, nearly seventy years; later historiography of Soviet science should be read alongside it for fuller political context.
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Standard academic study of Soviet linguist N. Ia. Marr's discredited Japhetic theory, which claimed a common origin for Caucasian, Semitic-Hamitic and Basque languages and was promoted under Soviet ideological patronage. Squarely the Iapetus fact's own subject, this 18th-to-20th-century linguistic-classification episode.
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Author
Lawrence L. Thomas
Publisher
University of California Press (University of California Publications in Linguistics, vol. 14)
Publication Year
1957
URL
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL213278M/The_linguistic_theories_of_N._Ja._Marr
Source Type
academic monograph
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Basques, Cultures

This source names Basques directly: "The Linguistic Theories of N."

Source The Linguistic Theories of N. Ja. MarrLawrence L. Thomas
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This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
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