Abstract
Language use and spatial identity research are topics of interest in linguistics, geography, anthropology, ethnology, sociology, psychology, and philosophy. Accordingly, there are numerous related terms that originated in one discipline but are also used in other disciplines, making them multi-disciplinary. Research on terminology in the field of language use has shown great diversity (linguistic geography, areal or spatial linguistics, linguistic geography, the geography of language, geolinguistics). The paper analyzes and defines the aforementioned concepts, their connection with individual disciplines, and discusses individual terminological shortcomings. The aim of this paper is to review the field of research regarding the use of language and spatial identity in a broader sense, and especially the position of and approaches to research within historical geography. The paper analyzes a sample of 124 articles (published mainly in Croatian and English) according to author(s), research objective, methodology, and period of publication. Based on this, three characteristic periods during which research developed and changed have been distinguished.
Highlights
The language leaves an extremely deep imprint in human society
Considering the interdisciplinarity of the researched topic, the overview was extended to other geographical subdisciplines, and to other non-geographical literature of related disciplines—linguistics, ethnology, anthropology and sociology
If we look only at geographical works and divide them according to geographical subdiscipline (Fig. 2), we find that 64% of works belong to historical geography, 24% to cultural geography, and 12% to political geography
Summary
The language leaves an extremely deep imprint in human society. The symbiosis of language and identity dates from the very beginnings of human society, most research of their interrelation began in the 19th century, when the awareness of their connection became more widespread and when printed media played a key ideological and political role in defining identity (Anderson, 1990). This is the period when numerous European national revivals and awakenings began. Language and identity have been the subject of research in numerous fields, each of which has its own specific objectives and goals, and its own methodology.
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