The Palgrave Handbook of Slavic Languages, Identities and Borders
This book analyzes the creation of languages across the Slavophone areas of the world and their deployment for political projects and identity building, mainly after 1989. It offers perspectives from a number of disciplines such as sociolinguistics, socio
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The Palgrave Handbook of Slavic Languages, Identities and Borders Edited by
Tomasz Kamusella University of St Andrews, UK
Motoki Nomachi Hokkaido University, Japan
and
Catherine Gibson European University Institute, Italy
Selection, introduction and editorial content © Tomasz Kamusella, Motoki Nomachi and Catherine Gibson 2016 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2016 Foreword © Peter Burke 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-34838-8
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ISBN 978-1-349-57703-3 ISBN 978-1-137-34839-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-34839-5 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Palgrave handbook of Slavic languages, identities and borders / edited by Tomasz Kamusella, Motoki Nomachi, Catherine Gibson. pages cm Summary: “Languages are artefacts of culture, meaning they are created by people. They are often used for identity building and maintenance, but in Central and Eastern Europe they became the basis of nation building and national statehood maintenance. The recent split of the Serbo-Croatian language in the wake of the break-up of Yugoslavia amply illustrates the highly politicized role of languages in this region, which is also home to most of the world’s Slavic-speakers. This volume presents and analyzes the creation of languages across the Slavophone areas of the world and their deployment for political projects and identity building,
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