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In this book, the author argues that the language spoken in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro is a pluricentric language with four variants. These variants do differ slightly, as is the case with other pluricentric languages (English, Spanish, German and Portuguese, among others), but not to a degree which would justify considering them as different languages. The book is also a critique of linguistic nationalism and of its main features: the celebration of purism, the obsession with etymologies, the equation of nation with language, and the falsification of history.
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Sociolinguistics, Language policy, Standard language, Pluricentric languages, Serbo-Croatian language, Language purism, Nationalism, History, Variation, Standardization, Language and languages, Languages, Southern Slavic languages, Linguistics, Ethnic conflict, Yugoslavia, Croatia, Ideology, Nation, National, Croats, Serbs, Identity, Culture, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Serbo-Croatian, Ethnicity, Ethnic relations, Language planning, Political aspects, Political aspects of Serbo-Croatian language, Political aspects of Croatian language, Political aspects of Education, Constitutional law, Social aspects, Social aspects of Croatian language, Croatian language, Serbian language, Bosnian language, Montenegrin language, Dialects, Štokavian dialect, Language and culture, Moral and ethical aspects of Research, Professional ethics, Research, Research Ethics, Scientists, Pronoun, Grammar, Pronouns, VerbPlaces
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20th century, 21st centuryShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Includes an extensive bibliography (p. 381-407) and indexes.
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