Language and Nationalism in EuropeStephen Barbour, Cathie Carmichael OUP Oxford, Dec 14, 2000 - 332 pages This book examines the role of language in the present and past creation of social, cultural, and national identities in Europe. It considers the way in which language may sometimes reinforce national identity (as in England) while tending to subvert the nation-state (as in the United Kingdom). After an introduction describing the interactive roles of language, ethnicity, culture, and institutions in the character and formation of nationalism and identity, the book considers their different manifestations throughout Europe. Chapters are devoted to Britain and Ireland; France; Spain and Portugal; Scandinavia; the Netherlands and Belgium; Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg; Italy; Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic; Bulgaria, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Albania, Slovenia, Romania, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo; Greece and Turkey; the Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, the Baltic States, and the Russian Federation. The book concludes with a consideration of the current relative status of the languages of Europe and how these and the identities they reflect are changing and evolving. |
Contents
The Varying Significance of Language for | 18 |
One state one nation one language? | 44 |
Conflicting Linguistic Nationalisms 3883 | 83 |
Languages as Prime Markers of Ethnic and | 105 |
A Study in Sharply Contrasting Nationalisms | 130 |
The Total | 151 |
Language as a Weak Marker of | 168 |
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