02532nam 2200589 a 450 991095377310332120200520144314.097801915145550191514551(MiAaPQ)EBC7037908(CKB)24235060200041(MiAaPQ)EBC422587(Au-PeEL)EBL422587(CaPaEBR)ebr10266521(CaONFJC)MIL83754(OCoLC)476258189(OCoLC)53156200(FINmELB)ELB162423(Au-PeEL)EBL7037908(OCoLC)132691951(EXLCZ)992423506020004120040816d2004 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLanguage and identity in the Balkans Serbo-Croatian and its disintegration /Robert D. Greenberg1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20041 online resource (x, 188 pages) mapsIncludes bibliographical references (p. [175]-182) and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; 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; Appendix A: Text of the 1850 Literary Agreement; Appendix B: Text of the 1954 Novi Sad Agreement; Works cited; IndexAfter 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.Serbo-Croatian and its disintegrationSerbo-Croatian languageVariationSerbo-Croatian language20th centuryLinguistic changeBalkan PeninsulaNationalismBalkan PeninsulaSerbo-Croatian languageVariation.Serbo-Croatian languageLinguistic changeNationalism491.827Greenberg Robert D(Robert David)1170841MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910953773103321Language and identity in the Balkans4462663UNINA