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Language Planning and National Identity in Croatia
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Language Planning and National Identity in Croatia

Following the collapse of the former Yugoslavia, Croatian was declared officially to be a separate language, distinct from Serbian, and linguistic issues became highly politicized. This book examines the changing status and norms of the Croatian language and its relationship to Croatian national identity. It focuses on the period following the creation of an independent Croatian state in 1991, but encompasses broader historical developments to provide a context for understanding the contemporary linguistic situation.
 
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Tags: Croatian, language, linguistic, encompasses, broader
The Dealer and the Dead
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The Dealer and the DeadThe Dealer and the Dead

Gerald Seymour - The Dealer and the Dead

Eighteen years after the barbarous war with the Serbs that tore their communities apart, a group of Croatian villagers discover the identity of the Englishman who they believe betrayed them by welching on a deal to supply arms.

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Tags: Dealer, identity, discover, villagers, Englishman, Croatian, believe
Language and Identity in the Balkans: Serbo-Croatian and Its Disintegration
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Language and Identity in the Balkans: Serbo-Croatian and Its DisintegrationLanguage and Identity in the Balkans: Serbo-Croatian and Its Disintegration

Language rifts in the Balkans are endemic and have long been both a symptom of ethnic animosity and a cause for inflaming it. But the break-up of the Serbo-Croatian language into four languages on the path towards mutual unintelligibility within a decade is, by any previous standard of linguistic behaviour, extraordinary. Robert Greenberg describes how it happened.
 
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Tags: Serbo, Croatian, Language, Balkans, decade, Disintegration