350 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
350 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
350 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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During the last two centuries, ethnolinguistic nationalism has been the norm of nation building and state building in Central Europe. The number of recognized Slavic languages (in line with the normative political formula of language = nation = state) gradually tallied with the number of the Slavic nation-states, especially after the breakups of Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.... Read more
1. A Brief Un-Natural History of Languages in Europe
2. Non-State (Minority or Regional) Slavic Languages
3. The Internet: A New Frontier
4. The Politics of Script
5. Pluricentric or Monocentric?
6. Russian as a Pluricentric Language?
7. Conclusion: The Dilemma of Numbers
8. Addendum: The Declaration on the Common Language
9. Postscript on Methodology: People See What They Want
Biography
Tomasz Kamusella is reader in modern history at the University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom.
