Language and identity in the Balkans : Serbo-Croatian and its disintegration / Robert D. Greenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenberg, Robert D. (Robert David)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Serbo-Croatian language--Variation.

Serbo-Croatian language.

Serbo-Croatian language--20th century.

Linguistic change--Balkan Peninsula.

Linguistic change.

Nationalism--Balkan Peninsula.

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 188 pages) : maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Serbo-Croatian and its disintegration

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

After Yugoslavia collapsed in 1991 Serbo-Croatian disintegrated. Using his first-hand observations before and after communism Robert Greenberg describes how the languages of Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Serbia, and Montenegro came into being and shows how their genesis reflects ethnic, religious, and political identity.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Serbo-Croatian: United or not we fall; 3 Serbian: Isn't my language your language?; 4 Montenegrin: A mountain out of a mole hill?; 5 Croatian: We are separate but equal twins; 6 Bosnian: A three-humped camel?; 7 Conclusion; Appendix A: Text of the 1850 Literary Agreement; Appendix B: Text of the 1954 Novi Sad Agreement; Works cited; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-182) and index.

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ISBN:

9780191514555

0191514551

OCLC:

476258189