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

by Lukas D. Tsitsipis (Author)

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.