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  • Introduction

  • Victor A. Friedman, University of Chicago, Brian D. Joseph, Ohio State University
  • Book:
    The Balkan Languages
    Published online:
    31 May 2025
    Print publication:
    26 June 2025, pp 1-10
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  • Summary

    The material in this section sets the stage for the content in the subsequent chapters. Key notions, including ideology, are pointed out, and the focal geographic area, the Balkan peninsula of Southeast Europe, is identified as a hotspot for multilingualism and language contact, with specific reference to the structural and lexical parallelism seen in the Balkans and to the key construct of the “Balkanism”, i.e., a contact-induced convergent feature. Mention is made as well of the range of handbook-like presentations about the language situation in the Balkans. Finally, in light of the many works on the Balkans, a justification is provided for the present volume, and the place that it aspires to in treatments of the Balkans from a linguistic perspective.