A Linguistic Anthropology of PRAXIS and Language Shift: Arvanítika (Albanian) and Greek in Contact

by Lukas D. Tsitsipis

This book explores a case of linguistic shift in the Balkans by focusing on Arvanitika, an Albanian variety spoken in Greece which is under threat through a process of attrition. The author looks in detail at the various factors relating the linguistic to the non-linguistic aspects of the shift.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198237316
• ISBN13: 9780198237310
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"