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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dear Corpora
colleagues, I wonder if many of linguists used corpora of different authors as
the basis for authorship. Our small group of corpora linguists used some simple
statistical criterion, i.e. Chi-square, to juxtapose the corpora of Bakhtin (it
is more correctly to write BAHTIN, to my mind!) and the controvercial work of
Voloshinov "MARKSIZM I FILOSOFIJA JAZYKA"(Marxism and the philosophy of
language) which was often ascribed to M. M. Bahtin. Could you give me some
references to the books and articles which proved or at least stated that the
text in question, that is, "MARKSIZM I FILOSOFIJA JAZYKA"(Marxism and the
philosophy of language) was written by M.M. Bahtin, but was published under the
name of Voloshinov. I know that Wikipedia stated it, but no other articles
published under the exact names of linguists. It was surprising to find out
that some texts of I.V. Stalin were close enough to those of "MARKSIZM I
FILOSOFIJA JAZYKA"(Marxism and the philosophy of language). Was it fashinable to
imitate Stalin's style? Actually, I agree to some American linguists who think
that d</FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman">uring
the time, late 1920s and early 1930s, V.I. Lenin's influence was waning and
Stalin's was rising. As Stalin became a dominant figure, those who
wrote derivative material emulated his phrasing and style--a kind of prestige
and survival device, one that was likely to be approved of and and that
satisfied critics. In that kind of political environment, any public
discussion involving Marxism would have to reflect the ascendant and dominant
theoretical perspective, and style is a significant component of that. It
remains to be demonstrated that this kind of unconscious but determined
imitation is sufficient to produce a statistical closeness of the kind we are
discussing. So, it is still an enigma who wrote "MARKSIZM I FILOSOFIJA
JAZYKA"(Marxism and the philosophy of language), or is it not? Do you know any
references to the authorship of "MARKSIZM I FILOSOFIJA JAZYKA"(Marxism and the
philosophy of language)? Looking forward to hearing from you soon to <A
href="mailto:yutamb@mail.ru">yutamb@mail.ru</A> about this mystery "MARKSIZM I
FILOSOFIJA JAZYKA"(Marxism and the philosophy of language). Remain Yours
sincerely Yuri Tambovtsev<BR></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>