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Spelling and script debates in interwar Greece*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Josep M. Bernal
Josep M. Bernal*
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Barcelona
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Abstract

The aim of this article is to explore the debates about the phonetic simplification of Greek orthography and the adoption of the Latin script that took place in Greece during the interwar period. An attempt will be made to examine the ideological background of these debates by placing them in their social and political context. First, the linguistic situation of Greece in the interwar years will be outlined. Then it will be argued that spelling and script issues were used as a battleground for the political and educational controversies of this period.

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Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , 2007, pp. 170 - 190
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Copyright © The Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham 2007

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This is a considerably revised version of a paper that was first presented at the 2003 Symposium of the Modern Greek Studies Association, held in Toronto (Canada) from 16 to 18 October 2003. Research for this paper was conducted in Greece thanks to a scholarship awarded by the Onassis Foundation. I am very grateful to Peter Mackridge, Spiros Moschonas and Jannis Androutsopoulos for corrections and criticism. Original orthography has been retained in quotations.