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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]
See also
Further Reading
- Joseph Stalin (1950). Marxism and Problems of Linguistics: 'Concerning Marxism in Linguistics'. Moscow: Pravda. [MIA]
- Alessandro Carlucci; Antonio Gramsci (2013). Gramsci and languages: Unification, Diversity, Hegemony. Historical materialism. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-25639-2 [LG]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joseph Stalin (1950). Marxism and Problems of Linguistics: 'Concerning Marxism in Linguistics'. Moscow: Pravda. [MIA]
- ↑ Joseph Stalin (1913). Marxism and the National Question: 'The Nation'. Prosveshcheniye. [MIA]