Project description
Analysis of the new standard language in the former Yugoslavia helps avoid conflicts
Since the beginning of mass education, standard languages have gone through spelling reforms and changes, which have sometimes resulted in some type of conflict. South Slavs have a long history of conflicts related to writing, evident to this today. A better understanding of the relationship between spelling and identity can help mitigate discrimination and dissension. The EU-funded SPELLFLICT project will produce a descriptive model of orthographic controversies of four newly standardised South Slavic languages since the 1990s, taking into account other European languages with a recent history of spelling reforms/changes.
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MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EFCoordinator
NG7 2RD Nottingham
United Kingdom
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