Language and Identity in the Balkans - Serbo-Croatian and Its Disintegration

Zusatztext A huge amount of research has gone into Greenberg's fine book. It is clearly written... Informationen zum Autor Robert Greenberg is Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of New Haven and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1991 where he taught 1991-1992. He then taught at Georgetown University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before taking up his current position in 2003. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 8: Postcript: Developments Since 2004 Appendix Works Cited Index

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• Authors: Robert D. Greenberg, Robert D. ( Greenberg, Robert D. (University of New Haven and Greenberg, Greenberg Robert D.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2008
• EAN: 9780199208753
• ISBN: 978-0-19-920875-3
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Sociolinguistics, Serbo-Croatian, Southeast Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General