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Linguistics and the Third Reich: Mother-tongue Fascism, Race and the Science of Language
Author(s): Christopher Hutton (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 15 Aug. 2014
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 428 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415757592
- ISBN-13: 9780415757591
Book Description
This book presents an insightful account of the academic politics of the Nazi era and analyses the work of selected linguists, including Jos Trier and Leo Weisgerber. Hutton situates Nazi linguistics within the politics of Hitler’s state and within the history of modern linguistics.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘…an extremely interesting book.’ – Winifred V. Davies, German Politics Vol. 9, No.3 Dec 2000
About the Author
Christopher M. Hutton currently teaches linguistics in the Department of English at the University of Hong Kong. He previously taught Yiddish Studies at the University of Texas, USA and at the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies, UK.
