Гръцкият езиков проблем в Кипър
The Greek Language Problem in Cyprus

Summary/Abstract: The research is dealing with the echo of the language problem in Cyprus from a historical point of view. It is organized around three axis: it started with the reverberation in Cyprus of the struggle between katarevusa and demotic in Greece from the end of the 19th century. The author follows also the transfer of this struggle in the political-ideological sphere and by the end she considers the intervention of poetry in this debate. The gradual imposition of demotic over the katarevusa represents an important event and at the same time a difficult endeavor in Cyprus. The language adaptation was considered necessary in order the identification of Cyprus with the literary achievements of Greece to be made possible. On one side, the Cyprus Greeks had to adapted to the language reality of their time, on the other side, taking into consideration Greece was imposed as a necessity in "difficult" times and represents political will and conscious choice.

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