Language and national identity in Greece, 1766-1976 / [electronic resource] Peter Mackridge. Mackridge, Peter. Greek language, Modern Political aspects History. Nationalism Greece History. Language policy Greece. PA1050 306.44949509 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. This is a history of the great language controversy that has occupied and empassioned Greeks - sometimes with fatal results - for over 200 years. Mackridge explores the political, social and linguistic causes and effects of the controversy in its many and passionate manifestations. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. 2010. 2010 Text 1 online resource (xiv, 385 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199214426.001.0001 eng Greece Greece.