A Linguistic Anthropology of Praxis and Language Shift: Arvanitika (Albanian) and Greek in Contact

(Part of the Oxford Studies in Language Contact Series)

by Lukas D. Tsitsipis

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This book explores a case of linguistic shift in the Balkans by focusing on Arvanitika, an Albanian variety spoken in Greece which is under threat through a process of attrition. The author looks in detail at the various factors relating the linguistic to the non-linguistic aspects of the shift.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198237316

ISBN13:9780198237310

Release Date:January 1999

Publisher:OUP Oxford

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.94 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Albania Europe Foreign Languages Humanities Language Arts Linguistics Words, Language & Grammar

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A Linguistic Anthropology of Praxis and Language Shift: Arvanitika (Albanian) and Greek in Contact

(Part of the Oxford Studies in Language Contact Series)

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