Language and national identity in Greece, 1766--1976

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This is a history of the great language controversy that has occupied and empassioned Greeks - sometimes with fatal results - for over 200 years. Mackridge explores the political, social and linguistic causes and effects of the controversy in its many and passionate manifestations.
HistoryLanguage policyModern Greek languageNationalismPolitical aspects of Modern greek languageGreece, intellectual lifeGreek language, historyGreek language, modernLanguage and languages, political aspectsNationalism, greecePolitical aspects