Language: Borders, Identities and Utopias. Balkan Cases
Language: Borders, Identities and Utopias. Balkan Cases
Author(s): Albena HranovaSubject(s): Cultural history
Published by: NEW EUROPE COLLEGE - Institute for Advanced Studies
Keywords: Bulgarian-Macedonian Language dispute; Serbian-Croatian language Dispute; Old and New: The Victory of Vernaculars; The Bulgarian - Macedonian Case: The Unsuccessful Synecdoche; The Serbian-Croatian Case: the Unsuccessful Metonymy;
Summary/Abstract: The Balkans, whose northern and western borders are still being disputed in terms of identity reasons and claims, represents an interesting constellation of languages. Greek and Turkish, which have nothing in common, share a common border, and both have common borders with the diverse family of Slavic languages, which, in turn, shares borders with the Romance idiom of Romania and the separate Albanian, whose origin and affiliation is still not clear. Although linguistics may use the term “Balkan language community”, the differences may be more important than the similarities.
Journal: New Europe College Yearbook
- Issue Year: 2002
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 213-254
- Page Count: 42
- Language: English