Language and Identity in the Balkans
ISBN-10: 0199208751
ISBN-13: 9780199208753
$54.00
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Paper
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published on
Oct 29, 2008
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
0.60x6.10x9.10 Inches
Weight
0.79 Pounds
About the Book
Against a backdrop of the ethnic strife in the Balkans and the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1991, 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. His first-hand observations before and after Communism offer insights into the nature of language change and the relation between language and identity.