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Language and Identity in the Balkans

Categorie	Geschiedenis Oost-Europa
Boeknummer	#409352
Titel	Language and Identity in the Balkans: Serbo-Croatian and Its Disintegration
Auteur	Greenberg, Robert D.
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	OUP Oxford
Jaar van uitgave	2008
ISBN10	0199208751
ISBN13	9780199208753
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Language rifts in the Balkans are endemic and have long been a symptom of ethnic animosity and a cause for inflaming it. But the break-up of the Serbo-Croat language into four languages on the path towards mutual unintelligibility within a decade is, by any previous standard of linguistic behaviour, extraordinary. Robert D. Greenberg describes how it happened. Basing his account on first-hand observations in the region before and since the communist demise, he evokes the drama and emotional discord as different factions sought to exploit, prevent, exacerbate, accelerate, or just make sense of the chaotic and unpredictable language situation. His fascinating account offers insights into the nature of language change and the relation between language and identity. It also provides a uniquely vivid perspective on nationalism and identity politics in the former Yugoslavia and its successor states."The book will become a classic reference for those who wish to study the dramatic rise and fall of the language-formerly-known-as-Serbo-Croatian." Award citation
Pagina's	205
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 8,00

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