Language, Identity and Conflict: A Comparative Study of Language in Ethnic Conflict in Europe and Eurasia
, by GIOLLA CHRIOST; DIARMAIT MACNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780415259507 | 0415259509
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 10/21/2003
This innovative study of language and identity in recent and contemporary cases of ethnic conflict in Europe and Eurasia sets out a response to the limitations in the fields of linguistics and political science with regard to language policy and planning in conflict situations examining the functions of language as a marker of identity in ethnic conflict and the extent to which language may be a causal factor in ethnic conflict.