TY  - BOOK
AU  - Myhill,John
TI  - Language, religion and national identity in Europe and the Middle East: a historical study 
T2  - Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture,
SN  - 9789027293510
AV  - P380 .M94 2006eb
U1  - 306.44094 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Amsterdam, Philadelphia
PB  - J. Benjamins
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Europe
KW  - History
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Islam
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - fast
KW  - Languages
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Language, Religion and National Identity in Europe and the Middle East; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Dedication page; Introduction; Premodern national churches, Roman Europe, and the Caliphate; Small languages and national liberation; Big languages, delusions of grandeur, war, and fascism; Language, religion, and nationalism in Europe; Language, religion, and nationalism in the Middle East; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; The series Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - This book discusses the historical record of the idea that language is associated with national identity, demonstrating that different applications of this idea have consistently produced certain types of results. Nationalist movements aimed at 'unification', based upon languages which vary greatly at the spoken level, e.g. German, Italian, Pan-Turkish and Arabic, have been associated with aggression, fascism and genocide, while those based upon relatively homogeneous spoken languages, e.g. Czech, Norwegian and Ukrainian, have resulted in national liberation and international stability. It is
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