The Making of “Montenegrin Language”. Nationalism, Language Planning, and Language Ideology after the Collapse of Yugoslavia (1992-2011)
The Making of “Montenegrin Language”. Nationalism, Language Planning, and Language Ideology after the Collapse of Yugoslavia (1992-2011)
Author(s): Takuya NakazawaSubject(s): Language studies
Published by: Südosteuropäische Hefte
Keywords: language; Sprache; nation building; Nationsbildung; linguistics; Sprachwissenschaft; nationalism; Nationalismus; language politics; Sprachpolitik; Montenegro; Montenegrin
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the political process of standardization of the Montenegrin language and its effect on the ethnic differentiation in post-Yugoslav Montenegro. The standardization of the Montenegrin language, which was started by a handful of linguists, eventually became a national project after the independence of Montenegro. This process did not lead to a drastic change of the language; however, it formed and expanded ethnic cleavages in Montenegro.
Journal: Südosteuropäische Hefte
- Issue Year: 4/2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 127-141
- Page Count: 15