THE MAINTENANCE OF THE MACEDONIAN'S LANGUAGE IDENTITY

Abstract

The book "The identity of the Macedonian language" from Lydia Tanturovska was published in 2014 by the Institute for Macedonian Language "Krste Misirkov" in Skopje.

The book contains 220 pages and the material is divided into four chapters: It’s about the Identity, "In Search" after the Macedonian's language Identity, Macedonian opposed to other languages and On the way to Europe - European.

In the first chapter, the author speaks about the multilingual issues, ranging from The Macedonian language and its joining into European family, finishing with The care for the Macedonian Language (giving her thoughts).

The second chapter mainly covers the views of Misirkov associated with the Macedonian issue, while in the third chapter, the author reminds us of the changes in society that directly or indirectly affect the language, both the Macedonian and the other languages.

In the last chapter, the author presents the Macedonian language from the political angle.