@article {16439, title = {Relativism in language ideology: On Greece{\textquoteright}s latest language issues}, journal = {Journal of Modern Greek Studies}, volume = {22}, year = {2004}, pages = {173-206}, abstract = {Language relativism can be associated with two major conceptions: that {\textquotedblleft}each
language has or is a particular spirit{\textquotedblright} and that {\textquotedblleft}each language has or is a{\textemdash}
real or imagined{\textemdash}territory.{\textquotedblright} Spirituality and territoriality combined give
rise to the ideology of a language as a realm. This ideology of Modern Greek
as a regime language has become dominant after the official establishment of a
standard norm (demotic) and the resolution of the perennial {\textquotedblleft}Greek
Language Question.{\textquotedblright} As it is evidenced by a host of {\textquotedblleft}language issues{\textquotedblright} raised
in the Greek newspapers since 1976, relativism has determined what counted
as a {\textquotedblleft}language issue{\textquotedblright} that was worth publishing, which language issues were
eligible for public debates, and the extent to which language issues were allowed
to penetrate {\textquotedblleft}public opinion.{\textquotedblright}}, url = {https://muse.jhu.edu/article/174411} }