On Linguistic Bea(u)tification and Embarrassment: Linguistic Boundaries in Cyprus

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This article examines the ways in which linguistic boundaries have emerged and how they are contested in the case of Cyprus, an island inhabited primarily by Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Some introductory comments on linguistic developments in Greece and Turkey might be useful since  the linguistic policies of these states have crucially affected linguistic developments in Cyprus not only with regard to how people speak but also with regard to how they have come to think about languae.