THE LANGUAGE TRIBUNAL DEBATE IN 1982: PERCEPTIONS OF SLOVENIAN LANGUAGE AND “YUGOSLAV” IMMIGRANTS IN EARLY 1980S

Authors

  • Marko Zajc Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana, Slovenia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22586/review.v15i1.9743

Keywords:

Yugoslavism, 1980s, Slovenian language, nationalism, SFRY

Abstract

The article deals with a public debate on the institute of Jezikovno razsodišče (Linguistic Tribunal) after the Cankarjev dom incident that occurred on 22 March 1982. The first public pan-Yugoslavian debate about the nature of the Slovenian nationalism in 1980s merged the problem with the use of the Slovenian language and that of the position of immigrants who had come to the Socialist Republic of Slovenia from other Yugoslavian republics into a dangerous blend of linguistic, cultural, economic and political disagreement.

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Published

2019-10-29

How to Cite

Zajc, M. (2019). THE LANGUAGE TRIBUNAL DEBATE IN 1982: PERCEPTIONS OF SLOVENIAN LANGUAGE AND “YUGOSLAV” IMMIGRANTS IN EARLY 1980S. Review of Croatian History, 15(1), 107–128. https://doi.org/10.22586/review.v15i1.9743