Linguistic landscapes of a minoritized regional majority: Language ideologies among Hungarians in South-West Slovakia
Abstract
[Introduction] This article is an investigation of the linguistic situation in South-West Slovakia and its
interpretation by local inhabitants through the notion of linguistic landscape (LL hereafter), here
understood broadly as texts displayed in visual space.1 This study has two broad aims. Firstly,
the general distribution of the languages in the LL of two historically Hungarian villages is
established. This distributional picture is compared to (inter)national and local conceptions about
the visual use of different languages in South-West Slovakia. Secondly, using an ethnographic
approach and making use of the data gathered during one month fieldwork, a set of individual
signs and sign genres are analyzed from the viewpoint of their semiotic characteristics and the
analyses focus on language ideologies of the producers and readers of such signs. [Continues, please see the article]
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Published
2015
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Peter Lang publishing group
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Parent publication ISBN
978-3-631-61708-3
Review status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1863-723X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-05170-4/21
Language
English
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Sprachkönnen und Sprachbewusstheit in Europa / Language Competence and Language Awareness in Europe
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Dimensions of sociolinguistic landscapes in Europe: Materials and methodological solutions
Citation
- Laihonen, P. (2015). Linguistic landscapes of a minoritized regional majority: Language ideologies among Hungarians in South-West Slovakia. In M.-P. Laitinen, & A. Zabrovskaja (Eds.), Dimensions of sociolinguistic landscapes in Europe: Materials and methodological solutions (pp. 171-198). Peter Lang publishing group. Sprachkönnen und Sprachbewusstheit in Europa / Language Competence and Language Awareness in Europe, 7. https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-05170-4/21
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