Linguistic Nationalism: a barrier of the 'Nay-Club' harmony

In: Revista Kavilando, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 53-59

Abstract

This short article focuses of the language nationalism
as a very common form of applying a
nationalist behavior. The language nationalism
is presented throughout empirical examples of
some Southeast European countries and their
method of exercising or dealing with it. The article
begins with a metaphor of a party place for
students from one university in Bulgaria, where
in order to sing all songs, students need a familiarity
with the language of their neighboring
country. The article is trying to prove that the
process of intensifying the process of studying
foreign languages will provoke cultural and
professional exchange among the nations and
hence, will control the nationalist tension.