<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In 1951, in the period after Stalin’s intervention against Marrism, young Slovak archaeologist and historian Ján Dekan published a study Za stalinské riešenie otázok etnogenezy [For the Stalinist Solution of the Questions of Ethno-genesis]. The present paper shows that hidden behind the Marxist terminology, a worth reading and worth considering work on the topic of the rise and development of languages can be found. With the help of the concept of four paradigms of historical (historical-comparative) linguistics, Dekan’s study is evaluated as a text fitting into the revisionist paradigm, characteristic by the assumption of a balanced role of divergence and convergence in language development. Further relationships of the Dekan’s work to other theories and principles of language development are discussed</p></abstract>

In 1951, in the period after Stalin’s intervention against Marrism, young Slovak archaeologist and historian Ján Dekan published a study Za stalinské riešenie otázok etnogenezy [For the Stalinist Solution of the Questions of Ethno-genesis]. The present paper shows that hidden behind the Marxist terminology, a worth reading and worth considering work on the topic of the rise and development of languages can be found. With the help of the concept of four paradigms of historical (historical-comparative) linguistics, Dekan’s study is evaluated as a text fitting into the revisionist paradigm, characteristic by the assumption of a balanced role of divergence and convergence in language development. Further relationships of the Dekan’s work to other theories and principles of language development are discussed

Ján Dekan K Vývoji Jazyků

Ústav pro jazyk český Akademie věd České republiky, Praha

Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný casopis

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In 1951, in the period after Stalin’s intervention against Marrism, young Slovak archaeologist and historian Ján Dekan published a study Za stalinské riešenie...

Ján Dekan K Vývoji Jazyků

Publié en ligne: 24 juil. 2015

Pages: 5 - 16

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jazcas-2015-0008

Mots clés
Ján Dekan (1919-2007), historiography of linguistics, language development, archaeology, history, Marrism, Stalin

© Jazykovedný ústav Ludovíta Stúra, SAV, Bratislava

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Ján Dekan K Vývoji Jazyků

Publié en ligne: 24 juil. 2015

Pages: 5 - 16

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jazcas-2015-0008

Mots clésJán Dekan (1919-2007), historiography of linguistics, language development, archaeology, history, Marrism, Stalin

© Jazykovedný ústav Ludovíta Stúra, SAV, Bratislava

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Ján Dekan (1919-2007), historiography of linguistics, language development, archaeology, history, Marrism, Stalin