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Language Planning and National Identity in Croatia / by K. Langston, A. Peti-Stantic.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Langston, K., Author.
- Peti-Stantic, A., Author.
- Series:
- Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities, 2947-5899
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociolinguistics.
- Language and languages--Study and teaching.
- Language and languages.
- Historical linguistics.
- Comparative linguistics.
- Language Teaching and Learning.
- Historical Linguistics.
- Comparative Linguistics.
- Local Subjects:
- Sociolinguistics.
- Language Teaching and Learning.
- Historical Linguistics.
- Comparative Linguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Following the collapse of the former Yugoslavia, Croatian was declared to be a separate language, distinct from Serbian, and linguistic issues became highly politicized. This book examines the changing status and norms of the Croatian language and its relationship to Croatian national identity, focusing on the period after Croatian independence.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures, Tables, and Maps; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Part I: The Croatian Language Question in Context; 1 The Croatian Language Question and Croatian Identity; 2 Language and Identity: Theoretical and Conceptual Framework; 3 Language, Dialect, or Variant? The Status of Croatian and Its Place in the South Slavic Dialect Continuum; 4 The History of Croatian and Serbian Standardization; Part II: Croatian Language Policy and Planning in the 1990s and Beyond
- 5 Language Rights and the Treatment of Croatian on the International Level6 Croatian Language Policy at the National Level and the Regulation of Public Language; 7 Institutions of Language Planning; 8 Language Purism, Handbooks, and Differential Dictionaries; 9 Models of Linguistic Perfection: The Role of the Educational System in Croatian Language Planning; 10 The Media and the Message: The Promotion and Implementation of Language Planning in Print, Broadcasts, and on the Internet; 11 The Croatian Language Question Today on the Boundary of Identity and Ideology; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349482696
- 1349482692
- 9781137390608
- 1137390603
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