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- Title
TAUTA, GIMUSI IŠ FILOLOGIJOS, IR LINGVISTINIO NACIONALIZMO FENOMENAS.
- Authors
Tamaševičius, Giedrius
- Abstract
"Modern Lithuania emerged from philology and language" -- the validity of these words by Czeslaw Miłosz from his book In search of a Homeland is newly confirmed by the discussions about the threats against the destiny of the Lithuanian language and the future of the nation. The historical period described by Miłosz (the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century) is still a kind of 'dreamtime' not only for Lithuanian nationalism, but also for the language ideology -- this is the time when standard Lithuanian was born. The Herderian theory of nationalism assigns the following functions to the language: to represent the nation, to mobilize it, and to separate it from others. These are also the cornerstones of the current Lithuanian language ideology inspired by the ideas of the Lithuanian national revival. The fidelity to this tradition at the beginning of the 21st century increases tensions between the Westphalian model of nation states and the processes of integration into the Western world.
- Subjects
LITHUANIA; LINGUISTICS; NATIONALISM; PHILOLOGY; IDEOLOGY
- Publication
Darbai ir Dienos, 2011, Issue 56, p143
- ISSN
1392-0588
- Publication type
Article