The Antifascist Tower of Babel: Language Barriers in Civil-War Spain

Jorge Marco

The Antifascist Tower of Babel: Language Barriers in Civil-War Spain

Jorge Marco

Politics, Languages & International Studies

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Abstract

The International Brigades were a hybrid bunch: multi-ethnic, multi-national—
and multi-lingual: not everybody spoke everybody’s language. This posed serious
organizational challenges for the Republican war effort.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8-9
Number of pages	2
Journal	The Volunteer
Volume	36
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2019

Keywords

Language contact
Language and intergroup relations
Language policy
War
Transnational soldiers
Transnationalism

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