Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a Grammar: With Sociolinguistic Commentary

by Alexander, Ronelle

• ISBN13: 9780299211943
• ISBN10: 0299211940
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-30
• Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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Summary

"With the disintegration of Yugoslavia has come a shifting of linguistic boundaries, chiefly along political lines. Croats and Bosnian Muslims have attempted to introduce or revive characteristics that mark their languages as unique to their recently independent states of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Serbs have struggled with the question of whether to maintain the linguistic diversity of what used to be called Serbo-Croatian or to stress instead the distinctly Serbian features of that language." "Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a Grammar analyzes and clarifies this complex, dynamic situation. Addressing squarely the issues connected with the splintering of Serbo-Croatian into component languages, the volume provides teachers and learners with practical solutions and highlights the differences among the various languages as welt as the communicative core they all share."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Ronelle Alexander is professor of Slavic languages and literatures at the University of California, Berkeley.