Language and Identity in the Balkans
by Robert D. Greenberg
ISBN-10
0199208751
ISBN-13
9780199208753
List Price
$54.00
Book Specs
Binding
Trade PaperPublisher
Oxford University PressPublished on
Oct 29, 2008Edition
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.