Linguistics and the Third Reich: Mother-tongue Fascism, Race and the Science of Language

by Christopher M. Hutton

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.

Genres: Linguistics

432 pages, Hardcover

First published November 5, 1998