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Language and Nationalism in Yugoslavia.

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Title:	Language and Nationalism in Yugoslavia.
Authors:	Magner, Thomas F.
Source:	Canadian Slavic Studies. Fall 1967 1(3):333-347.
Peer Reviewed:	N
Page Count:	16
Publication Date:	2025
Descriptors:	Bilingualism, Cultural Influences, Cyrillic Alphabet, Dialect Studies, Diglossia, Geographic Regions, Language Role, Language Standardization, Multilingualism, Mutual Intelligibility, Nonstandard Dialects, Official Languages, Regional Dialects, Serbocroatian, Slavic Languages, Slovenian, Sociolinguistics
Abstract:	Yugoslavia, a country with a population of about 20,000,000, has as official languages Macedonian, Slovenian, and Serbo-Croatian. The latter is the cause of much controversy, for while Croatian and Serbian indisputably have a common linguistic base, the political and economic tensions between the two "nationalities" augment disagreement on the different usage of the two dialects and prevent the establishment of a single "standard" for the entire republic. The author concludes that "scholarly work in Serbo-Croation/Serbian/Croatian linguistics has come to a virtual standstill" and that future contributions will come "from outside the country." (MK)
Entry Date:	1969
Accession Number:	ED024915
Database:	ERIC

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Abstract:	Yugoslavia, a country with a population of about 20,000,000, has as official languages Macedonian, Slovenian, and Serbo-Croatian. The latter is the cause of much controversy, for while Croatian and Serbian indisputably have a common linguistic base, the political and economic tensions between the two "nationalities" augment disagreement on the different usage of the two dialects and prevent the establishment of a single "standard" for the entire republic. The author concludes that "scholarly work in Serbo-Croation/Serbian/Croatian linguistics has come to a virtual standstill" and that future contributions will come "from outside the country." (MK)