Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766-1976

by PeterMackridge (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2009

  $189.52

  Peter Mackridge explores the ideological, social, and linguistic causes and effects of the Greek language question in its many and passionate manifestations over two turbulent centuries. He shows the crucial way in which Greek linguistic identities have interacted in the creation of the modern nation since the War of Independence in 1821.