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Linguistic Minorities of Yugoslavia and Adjacent Areas During the Interwar Period: An Economic Perspective∗

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Toussaint Hočevar
Toussaint Hočevar*
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University of New Orleans
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In attempting to provide a framework for the study of linguistic minorities within Yugoslavia and peripheral areas, I shall proceed along conceptual lines suggested by economic theory. Although the terms “ethnic minority” and “linguistic minority” are often used interchangeably, the focus is on linguistic minorities since in terms of economic significance the linguistic attribute generally outweighs other attributes which define ethnic groups. After all, communications involve substantial costs, and it is precisely the distribution of these costs between linguistic groups which gives the minority status its economic dimension. The subsequent discussion hinges in part on these costs.

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Nationalities Papers , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , Fall 1984 , pp. 209 - 222
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Copyright © Association for the Study of Nationalities, 1984 

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