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Revision as of 20:16, 24 March 2023

Emblem of the Soviet Union saying "Workers of the world, unite!" in 16 languages

Language is a structured system of communication consisting of vocabulary and grammar. It is not part of the superstructure and develops over many centuries without relation to a specific mode of production. Language benefits all members of a society, not just the ruling class, and has existed since before class society. The vocabulary of living languages is constantly in a state of change as the productive forces develop.[1]

A common language is one of the defining characteristics of a nation.[2] In class societies, all classes of the same nation share one language, although there may be minor differences in vocabulary between classes.[1]

Further Reading

  • Carlucci, Alessandro; Gramsci, Antonio (2013). Gramsci and languages: Unification, Diversity, Hegemony. Historical materialism. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-25639-2 [LG]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Joseph Stalin (1950). Marxism and Problems of Linguistics: 'Concerning Marxism in Linguistics'. Moscow: Pravda. [MIA]
  2. Joseph Stalin (1913). Marxism and the National Question: 'The Nation'. Prosveshcheniye. [MIA]