Publication

2009 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

96,250 words, Guess

Page Count

385 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC306.44/909509
  • LCCPA1050 .M33 2009
  • LCCPA1050.M33 2009

Description

This is a history of the great language controversy that has occupied and empassioned Greeks - sometimes with fatal results - for over 200 years. Mackridge explores the political, social and linguistic causes and effects of the controversy in its many and passionate manifestations.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryNationalismLanguage policyPolitical aspectsNationalism, greeceModern Greek languageGreek language, modern

Places

Other Editions

  • Language and national identity in Greece, 1766--1976Oxford University Press2009-01-01

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