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Publication details [#11815]
Paternost, Joseph. 1997. Review Article: Recent Sociolinguistic Struggles for Language Sovereignty among the Slovenes. Review of J. Toporišic (1991: 'Družbenost slovenskega jezika: Sociolinguisticna razpravljanja') and V. Gjurin (1991: 'Slovenšcina zdaj!'). International Journal of the Sociology of Language 124 : 185–200. 16 pp.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
ISBN
0165-2516
Journal WWW
Annotation
Two books on Slovene language functionality and standardization in view of sovereignty are reviewed. In Toporišic's book, Slovene ambiguously acts both as a dividing and unifying force. Gjurin's book emphasizes that major languages such as English and German may revive Slovene's struggle for sovereignty.