From 'our beloved motherland' to 'Hungary'

• Authors: Szili Katalin
• Languages of publication: HU

Abstracts

EN

Using cultural and socio-cultural criteria, this paper tries to capture the lesson that can be drawn from the use of the word 'haza' (country, motherland) and to trace the changes that it has undergone within the Hungarian language community. This is done by primarily linguistic methods, that is, the properties of that notion, its communal character, the existence of individual linkage or adherence to it, are determined on the basis of linguistic facts. Historically, the paper deals with three particular periods: first, the period that precedes the point at which the modern concept of 'nation' took shape, a period in which the individual's relationship to his country was first established (15th to 18th centuries); second, the consummation of the idea of 'motherland', a period that is still seen by many as the paragon of how to relate to one's country (first half of the 19th century); and third, the present day as a period of change. The processes going on at present with respect to the traditional communal notion of 'one's own country' are discussed on the basis of materials taken from geography schoolbooks and newspapers.

Keywords

EN

HISTORY OF 'HAZA' (MOTHERLAND); NOTION OF 'MOTHERLAND'; SOCIO-CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Committee on Hungarian Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Magyar Nyelvor (Hungarian Language Guardian)
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 132
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 151-170
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Szili Katalin

• Katalin Szili, no address given, contact the journal editor

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10HUAAAA079010