Language Issues in former Yugoslav Space: A Commentary


Δημοσιευμένα: März 17, 2020
Victor A. Friedman
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Although the break-up of Yugoslavia has spawned an enormous literature in many fields, Language Issues in former Yugoslav Space: Current Perspectives (Aegean Working Papers in Ethnographic Linguistics Vol. 2, No. 1), 2018 ed. by Roswitha Kersten-Pejanić (general ed. Costas Canakis), is a welcome assessment of some aspects of the current state of affairs from an ethnolinguistic standpoint. The varied articles in this volume each deserve individual attention, and thus my remarks address the articles separately. [...]

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Victor A. Friedman, University of Chicago/La Trobe University

Victor A. Friedman is Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Humanities at the University of Chicago and Honorary Adjunct at La Trobe University. He is a foreign member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences of North Macedonia, the Academy of Sciences of Albania, the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Kosova, and Matica Srpska. He has been awarded the "1300 Years of Bulgaria" jubilee medal, the Blaže Koneski Medal, and the Medal of Service to the Republic of Macedonia, as well as the degree of doctor honoris causa from the University of Skopje. In 2009 he received the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages’ Annual Award for Outstanding Contributions to Scholarship. In 2014 he received the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies’ Annual Award for Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship. His research focuses on all aspects of the languages of the Balkans and the Caucasus.

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