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On the development of the Windischentheorie by TOM PRIESTLY is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
What is On the development of the Windischentheorie about?
An important factor in the history ofthe minority in the Austrian province ofCarinthia is whatis known äs the Windischentheorie. This was developed on the basis of long-held populär belief s between the war s and promulgated by those with faselst sympathies; it was a potent Instrument in the Germanization ofthe bilingual part of the province. The "canonical" version of the theory holds that the language of the Carinthian Slovenes was quite different from Standard Slovene, and the Carinthian Slovenes themselves were therefore ethnically distinct from Slovenes in Slovenia. The article traces the origins and development of the theory. ## Circumstances The Carinthian Slovene-speakers have lived in a narrow strip of land along the border adjacent to Italy and Slovenia since their Immigration
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- Author
- TOM PRIESTLY
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 1997
- Field
- Social Sciences