LINGUIST List 15.526

Mon Feb 9 2004

Books: Sociolinguistics: Greenberg

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  • tom.perridge, Language and Identity in the Balkans: Greenberg

    Message 1: Language and Identity in the Balkans: Greenberg

     Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 11:51:05 -0500 (EST)
    From: tom.perridge <tom.perridgeoup.com>
    Subject: Language and Identity in the Balkans: Greenberg


    Title: Language and Identity in the Balkans Subtitle: Serbo-Croat and Its Disintegration Publication Year: 2004 Publisher: Oxford University Press http://www.oup.com/us http://www.oup.co.uk Book URL: http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-925815-5

    Author: Robert D. Greenberg, University of North Carolina

    Hardback: ISBN: 0199258155, Pages: 288, Price: �45.00

    Abstract:

    Language rifts in the Balkans are endemic and have long been both 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 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.

    Lingfield(s): Sociolinguistics

    Subject Language(s): Serbo-croatian (Language code: SRC)

    Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)

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