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Clitic Doubling in the Balkan Languages

2008
This volume is a collection of articles on clitic doubling, a phenomenon that has preoccupied generative linguists since the 1980s, when its theoretical importance was noted. Clitic doubling is prevalent in the Balkan languages. However, generative studies initially dealt with its properties in Romance languages, with the Balkan patterns coming ...
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Convergence and Divergence of the Balkan Peoples and their Languages

Chuzhdoezikovo Obuchenie-Foreign Language Teaching, 2022
The article examines the interaction of the Balkan peoples in the composition of multinational empires. Widespread multilingualism and frequent switching from one language to another eventually led to the formation of the Balkan Linguistic Union. With the rise of national consciousness in the 19th century and the change of political configuration, the ...
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Balkan Syntax and (Universal) Principles of Grammar [PDF]

, 2018
This book investigates morpho-syntactic convergences that characterize the languages of the Balkan Sprachbund: Balkan Slavic, Greek, Romanian, Albanian, Balkan Romani.
Iliana Krapova, Brian Joseph, Krapova, Iliana, Joseph, Brian   +3 more
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Comparative Syntax of Balkan Languages

2001
Abstract This collection of seven papers studies important aspects of the syntax of Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek, and Romanian from a comparative perspective based on current linguistic frameworks, including the Minimalist Program. Topics addressed include control, raising, and obviation, negation, noun phrase structure, clitic pronouns ...
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Source Analysis of Turkism in the Balkan Languages

Iasaýı ýnıversıtetіnіń habarshysy
The connection of Turkic tribes with the peoples of the Balkan Peninsula has a long history. With the conquest of the Ottoman Empire, the influence of the Turks on the countries living in the Balkan region increased, and this situation led to significant changes for the Balkan peoples. Words of Turkic origin in the Balkan languages became the basis for
R.A. Avakova, A.K. Koksegenov
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Definiteness and indefiniteness in the languages and cultures of the Balkans

2023
The book includes preliminary materials for the biannual Balkan conference (Balkanskie chteniya / Series Balcanica 17. Moscow, Institute of Slavic Studies, April, 25–27, 2023), organized by the Centre for Linguocultural Research “Balcanica” and dedicated to definiteness / definiteness as one of the most typical categories of the Balkan Sprachbund.
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The Language of Walls Along the Balkan Route

Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 2017
ABSTRACTAre border walls and fences becoming an increasingly accepted and legitimate way of coping with the challenges of the refugee crisis and mass migration in Europe? The article addresses this question by examining how Serbian and Croatian public intellectuals reacted to the dramatic impact of Hungary's decision to fortify its southern border in ...
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Introduction to Section Two: Languages and Language Policies in the Balkans

2013
Language problems have a central place in attempts to study and understand the Balkans. Balkan studies, as an academic discipline, started with linguistic studies, and linguistics remains one of the core branches in this field. This chapter focuses on political implications of the different language reforms and policies.
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The Economics of Language Diversity and Language Resilience in the Balkans

2020
Adam D. Clark-Joseph, Brian D. Joseph
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Language Ideology and Language Change in the Balkans

Die Welt der Slaven, 2016
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