BUNYEV(S): A LINGUISTIC FRONTIER TO BE?

  • Bojan Belić University of Washington, USA
Keywords: language, border, ((emergence of a) linguistic) frontier, frontier confirming, frontier segmentation, language policy, top-down sociolinguistic regime, bottom-up work

Abstract

The arguably blossoming field of borderlands studies has not produced a single theory of borders, offering instead a plethora of terms often denoting overlapping concepts. This is precisely why – first – a theory of frontiers, specifically linguistic frontiers, is only outlined and – second – applied to the concrete area of Serbia’s Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Then a close analysis of the Vojvodina’s populace of Bunyevs is offered in an attempt to better understand the process of the emergence of a linguistic frontier

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Published
2019-10-25
How to Cite
Belić, B. (2019). BUNYEV(S): A LINGUISTIC FRONTIER TO BE?. Philological Studies, 12(2), 603-618. Retrieved from https://journals.ukim.mk/index.php/philologicalstudies/article/view/477
Section
Lingustics. Linguodidactics