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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450759803321

Titolo

Language, discourse, and borders in the Yugoslav successor states [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Birgitta Busch and Helen Kelly-Holmes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters Ltd, 2004

ISBN

1-280-73936-3

9786610739363

1-85359-733-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (93 p.)

Collana

Current Issues in Language and Society Monographs

Altri autori (Persone)

BuschBirgitta

Kelly-HolmesHelen <1968->

Disciplina

409/.497

Soggetti

Nationalism - Former Yugoslav republics

Mass media and language - Former Yugoslav republics

Electronic books.

Former Yugoslav republics Languages Political aspects

Former Yugoslav republics Boundaries

Former Yugoslav republics Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Language Boundaries as Social, Political and Discursive Constructs -- Chapter 2. A Linguist on the Train to Vienna -- Chapter 3. Language and Boundaries in the Yugoslav Context -- Chapter 4. Troubled Multicultural Broadcasting in Macedonia -- Chapter 5. Debate -- Chapter 6. Language, Ethnicity and Cultural Boundaries in Ukraine: A Response to the Papers and Debate -- Chapter 7. Language, Borders, Identity: A Response to Ranko Bugarski -- Chapter 8. Semantics of War in Former Yugoslavia: A Response to the Papers and Debate

Sommario/riassunto

Do languages cause borders or do borders cause languages? This volume in the Current Issues in Language and Society series attempts to situate the debate on language policies in Southeastern Europe within the larger debate in social sciences and humanities on the issues



of borders and the formation of national identities.