<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Colleagues,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Danko Šipka discusses his book, <i>Lexical Layers of Identity: Words, Meaning, and Culture in the
Slavic Languages </i>with Nikolina Zenovic today on the CaMP anthropology blog.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://campanthropology.org/">https://campanthropology.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Best,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ilana</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Press blurb: </span><br>
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(89,89,89);font-family:"noto sans",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Focusing
on Slavic languages, Danko Šipka provides a systematic approach to
lexical indicators of cultural identity. In contrast to existing
research, which focuses heavily on syntactic and phonological
approaches, Šipka's approach is novel, more systematic and encompassing,
and postulates three lexical layers of cultural identity: deep,
exchange, and surface. The deep layer pertains to culture-specific
words, divisions, and features that are generally not subject to change
and intervention. The exchange layer includes lexical markers of
cultural influences resulting from lexical borrowing, which situates the
speakers into various cultural circles. This layer is subject to
gradual changes and some limited level of intervention from linguistic
elites is possible. Finally, the surface layer encompasses the processes
and consequences of lexical planning. It is subject to abrupt changes
and it is shaped in constant negotiation between linguistic elites and
general body of speakers.</span></span></p></div></div>