In this paper I shall address the expression of evidentiality in the Balkan languages as a case study of a contact phenomenon, specifically a Balkanism, that must take both areal and typological factors into account.
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Balkanism
Synonyms for "balkanism"
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Translations
10 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- балкани́зъм noun (word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature)
Georgian
2 entries- ბალკანიზმი noun (word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature)
- ბალკანიზმი noun (discourse promoting the pejorative political and cultural stereotype of the Balkans)
Macedonian
1 entries- балкани́зам noun (word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature)
Romanian
2 entries- balcanism noun (word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature)
- balcanism noun (discourse promoting the pejorative political and cultural stereotype of the Balkans)
Russian
1 entries- балкани́зм noun (word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- balkanìzam noun (word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature)
- балканѝзам noun (word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature)
Slovene
1 entries- balkanizem noun (word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature)
Sample sentences
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Balkanism attributes an essential character to the Balkan Peninsula that is the logical correlate of Balkanisation.
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