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Language and national identity in Greece, 1766--1976

by Peter Mackridge

HistoryLanguage policyModern Greek languageNationalismPolitical aspects of Modern greek languageGreece, intellectual lifeGreek language, historyGreek language, modern

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.

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