What is in a Language Name? The Case of Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian

SLAVIC 370
  • Quarters: Spring
  • General Education Requirements: VLPA

Examines diverse phenomena related to the language known as Serbo-Croatian, and to the Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian languages. Explores concepts such as language death, birth, politics, standardization, and codification. The relation between dialect and language is observed in an ecology exhibiting ethnic and religious diversity.