Abstract
The new publication by Roman Szul, entitled Language, Nation and State: Language as a political phenomenon, fits perfectly in the trend of interpreting political reality through the prism of language. However, what is really innovative in the reviewed book of R.
Szul is his very insight and full view into the relationships between language and nation, supported by an extensive analysis of nearly 100 different countries. Emphasis has been placed on the nation and not just on the function of language and its political connotations, but also on the language policy pursued by individual countries in different historical periods.
The author’s publication deserves attention precisely because of its broad, international perspective, which examines the relationship among language, nation and state.