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Publication details [#11829]

Frangoudaki, Anna. 1997. The Metalinguistic Prophecy on the Decline of the Greek Language: Its Social Function as the Expression of a Crisis in Greek National Identity. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 126 : 63–82. 20 pp.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

argumentation | ideology | language status | persuasion

Language as a subject

Greek -> Ancient Greek/Modern Greek

Place, Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

ISBN

0165-2516

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

Argumentative persuasiveness of discourse that negatively portrays the Greek language is analyzed. It is noted that this message of language decline is enforced by a juncture in Greek national identity, stemming from participation in the European Union. It is suggested that Ancient Greek be taught as a remedy for this crisis.