ISBN:
9783838275376
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (307 p)
Series Statement:
Balkan Politics and Society v.8
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Selvelli, Giustina The Alphabet of Discord
DDC:
306.4409496
Keywords:
Slavic languages Writing
;
Political aspects
;
Balkan Peninsula Languages
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- PREFACE -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 The Balkan space between problems of multiplicity and claims of homogeneity -- 1.2 The role of writing and of the "Other" in the national discourse -- 1.3 Methodological considerations: sources and approaches -- 1.4 Semiotic and relational aspects of alphabets and nationalism -- SECTION I. ALPHABETIC DISPUTES OF THE 1920s AND 1930s IN BULGARIA -- 2. THE RECEPTION OF THE ABECEDAR PRIMER (1925) IN BULGARIA -- 2.1 Issues related to the adoption of new writing systems -- 2.2 Post-imperial national identity dynamics
Abstract:
2.3 The situation in Aegean Macedonia after World War I -- 2.4 The publication of the Abecedar (1925) -- 2.5 Some peculiarities related to the characters of the Abecedar -- 2.6 The "involvement" of Cyril and Methodius -- 2.7 Conclusions: the fate of the Abecedar after 1925 -- 3. THE "LATINIZATION" IDEOLOGY AND THE BULGARIAN DEBATES -- 3.1 Introduction: issues of script change -- 3.2 The Latinization ideology in the Soviet Union -- 3.3 The Latin alphabet as a "modernizing" tool in the Balkans -- 3.4 The positions in support of Latinization in Bulgaria
Abstract:
3.5 The positions in defense of Cyrillic: contextual and internal factors -- 3.6 Defensive and symbolic motivations rejecting Latinization -- 3.7 Technical imperfections of the Latin alphabet -- 3.8 Conclusions: the national character of the alphabet -- 4. THE CONTRAST BETWEEN ARABIC AND LATIN SCRIPTS AMONG THE BULGARIAN TURKS -- 4.1 The impact of the Eurasian alphabet reforms on Turkey -- 4.2 The ambivalent status of the Latin alphabet in Bulgaria -- 4.3 Language and script restrictions for the Turks of Bulgaria -- 4.4 Conclusions: the disruption of writing practices
Abstract:
SECTION II. SCRIPT ISSUES IN THE "SERBO-CROATIAN TERRITORIES" IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD -- 5. SERBO-CROATIAN IN TWO SCRIPTS: DIGRAPHIA, "ALPHABET SYNTHESIS" AND BILITERACY -- 5.1 Linguistic and historical introduction -- 5.2 Post-war alphabet ideologies: four parallel trends -- 5.3 The influence of the "pro-Latinization" factors -- 5.4 The first proposals of "alphabet synthesis" appearing in Život i rad -- 5.5 The "Yugoslav alphabet" by Pavle Ž. Radivojević -- 5.6 Reactions to the "mixed alphabet" proposals
Abstract:
5.7 Živaljević's rejection of the Yugoslav alphabet and Trivunac's defense of Cyrillic -- 5.8 Conclusions: the developments of the alphabet question in Yugoslavia -- 6. CYRILLIC AT WAR: SCRIPT IDEOLO-GIES IN THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF CROATIA, 1941-1945 -- 6.1 From unitarian ideologies to assertions of difference in the language field -- 6.2 The development of the language situation before the NDH -- 6.3 "Cyrillicide" in the Independent State of Croatia -- 6.4 Writing ideologies between purism and denialism -- 6.5 The "Orientality" of the Serbs and the role of the Glagolitic alphabet
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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SECTION III. FROM THE GLAGOLITIC REVIVAL TO THE NEW DISCRIMINATIONS AGAINST CYRILLIC IN CROATIA
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