The Law vs. the Slovak Language: The Case of the Forgotten Victim
Votruba, Martin
(2000)
The Law vs. the Slovak Language: The Case of the Forgotten Victim.
In: Panel G-17 The Culture of Language in Contemporary Slovakia, National Convention American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, 11 December 2000 - 11 December 2000, Denver, CO.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
The Law on the State Language of the Slovak Republic adopted in 1995 was mainly discussed in the context of its impact on Slovakia's Hungarian minority, but many of its articles addressed Slovak grammar and issues concerning linguistic correctness. Its wording also showed a blurring of the public and private spheres, an effort to preserve Czech as an acceptable language in bureaucratic and public communication in Slovakia, and no concern with the language of the media produced abroad and imported to Slovakia. The muted domestic reaction to the Law on the State Language, except the by Hungarian minority activists, indicates the high status linguistic correctness enjoys in Slovak society.
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Other Centers, Institutes, Offices, or Units > Center for Russian and East European Studies |
| Date: |
12 November 2000 |
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Publication |
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Panel G-17 The Culture of Language in Contemporary Slovakia, National Convention American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies |
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11 December 2000 - 11 December 2000 |
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Conference |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Slavic Languages and Literatures |
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Yes |
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Law, on, the, State, Language, of, the, Slovak, Republic, 1995, Slovak, language, use, Czech, in, Slovakia, language, correctness, language, legislation, foreign, language, use, attitudes, to, linguistic, correctness, attitudes, to, Standard, Slovak, language, standardization |
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19 Jan 2010 16:03 |
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25 Aug 2017 05:11 |
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http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2811 |
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