Coming to terms with the past of standard Albanian

The article focuses the state of development of coming to terms with the Standard Albanian language in the states of Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia after the radical changes in the 1990s. It concludes that the approach to Standard Albanian shows two different ways of coming to terms with the past. Th...

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Published inSüdosteuropa-Mitteilungen Vol. 52; no. 5-6; pp. 62 - 77
Main Author Jusufi, Lumnije
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published 01.01.2012
Subjects
Albania
Albanian language
Comparative analysis
Discourse
Europe
Independence
Kosovo
Language use
Linguistic research
Macedonia
Nostalgia
Past
Radicalism
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Summary:The article focuses the state of development of coming to terms with the Standard Albanian language in the states of Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia after the radical changes in the 1990s. It concludes that the approach to Standard Albanian shows two different ways of coming to terms with the past. The interface between both is the declaration of independence of Kosovo (2008). Three different strategies can be found when societies in Southeast Europe are dealing with their socialist pasts: those removing traces, those approaching scientifically, and those approaching nostalgically. Standard Albanian proves the rule in this respect.
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ISSN:0340-174X