EAN: 9783447111607

THE POTENTIALITY OF PLURICENTRISM KARTONIERT (TB)

Pluricentrism is a common point of discussion for larger European languages such as German 
English  French or Spanish but a less discussed phenomenon among other  smaller European
languages  such as Albanian. Not only is it less common but also  often for ideological reasons
a difficult issue to broach  especially for Southeastern European languages. Nevertheless  the
present anthology by Lumnije Jusufi has taken on the challenge of examining the differences in
Albanian as it is written and spoken in Albania  Kosovo and Macedonia. Drawing comparative
examples from other Southeast European languages as well  the volume also addresses the limits
of pluricentricism. Thirteen chapters deal with pluricentrism in various spheres of language
use  discussing in three major parts the causes  possibilities and limitations of pluricentrism
- for Albanian and beyond. In the introduction  the editor briefly explains pluricentrism and
the selected case studies. The chapters are written either in German or in English  each German
article being preceded by an English abstract. The appendix presents the program of the
conference Pluricentric Albanian upon which the volume is based as well as the conference
report  and the list of contributing authors. The volume opens a relatively new field of
research in Albanology and a difficult one in Slavic Studies.

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