Language on Display

Reviews / Votes

Lunde's study deserves a wider audience than Slavists alone. Her groundbreaking interdisciplinary methodology, as well as the compelling argument about performative metalanguage, could inspire new (comparative) perspectives on other cultural and linguistic contexts. -- Boris Noordenbos, University of Amsterdam * The Russian Review * Lunde's study deserves a wider audience than Slavists alone. Her groundbreaking interdisciplinary methodology, as well as the compelling argument about performative metalanguage, could inspire new (comparative) perspectives on other cultural and linguistic contexts. -- Boris Noordenbos, University of Amsterdam * The Russian Review * A highly stimulating book that understands the range of contemporary literary performative metalanguage in Russia. -- Holger Kusse, Dresden * Zeitschrift fuer Slavische Philologie * Like few others among her contemporaries, Lunde expertly bridges the disciplinary divide between language and literary studies. Language on Display is a rare philological gem that offers as much sociolinguistic insight into the complicated fate of the Russian language after the collapse of the Soviet Union, as it does critical illumination of the role writers play in both articulating and pushing the boundaries of language standards and norms. -- Michael S. Gorham, University of Florida