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Para compreender a situacao linguistica em Mocambique

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Hlibowicka-Węglarz B.
Studia Iberystyczne
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2010
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vol. 9
77-96
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The aim of this article is to present the linguistic situation in Mozambique. In this African country, with population of about 20 millions, post-colonial Portuguese is the official language, even though it is spoken by only 25% of its inhabitants. The majority of people speak as their mother tongue one of 23 African languages belonging to the Bantu group. Other languages spoken in the country include English, which plays an increasingly important role in the society, as well as several languages of Asian origin spoken by some minority groups. In this article, we aim to demonstrate that the linguistic diversity of Mozambique is a consequence of variety of languages spoken in Mozambique and of different historical as well as social, ethnic and regional factors. We also show that the coexistence of Portuguese with the autochthon languages is possible when it refers to different spheres of life.
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HISTORICKÉ A KULTÚRNE KONTEXTY SLOVENSKÝCH NÁREČÍ V SRBSKU I.

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Hríbová M.
Slavica Slovaca
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2017
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vol. 52
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issue 2
133 – 149
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The paper deals with historical and cultural contexts of Slovak dialects developed in the Slovak language community in Serbia. Providing information about the history of the arrival of the Slovak ethnic group in the Lower Land and the process of their colonization of the territory of Vojvodina, we deal with the issue of the formation of the enclave and development of their dialects in a new linguistic and historical-cultural environment. We also briefly mention their place within the context of Slovak dialects.
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JAZYK A KONFESIA SLOVÁKOV V CHORVÁTSKU V SÚČASNOSTI A ICH DOSAH NA MOŽNOSTI REVITALIZÁCIE

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Stašková M.
Slavica Slovaca
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2016
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vol. 51
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issue 2
131 - 146
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Religion reflected in the development of the Slovak minority as one of the basic elements (except language) of identity currently does not constitute an essential element of previously initiated development containing assimilative tendencies. However, a fundamental difference, which affects predominantly the middle and the older generation, has become evident in a number of factors identified through the questionnaire and our research for the benefit of the Evangelical Society in Ilok. The youngest generation still declares themselves as the members of the Slovak nation, yet this generation perceives their ethnic identity as double or increasingly solely as Croatian. We have not observed significant revitalization activities that would have tendencies to change the situation. All activities are mainly related to the retention of the status quo. Especially in the teaching model C, the existence of folklore ensembles and organizing of folklore events, sporting and social events. We are not sure, whether this state will ensure the future model, which would be sufficient for maintaining the Slovaks in Croatia at least in the position equal to the present one.
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Written language as the object of acquisition

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Lengyel Z.
Magyar Nyelvor (Hungarian Language Guardian)
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2004
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vol. 128
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issue 1
94-103
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This paper analyses the issue of language acquisition in a psycho- and sociolinguistic perspective, discussing its behaviourist, maturational and constructionist theories. All these approaches share the feature that, with respect to language acquisition, they take both an innate language faculty and a set of environmental effects into consideration. The various approaches mainly differ in terms of the proportions of influence they attribute to each of these components. Another shared feature is that most approaches usually restrict the issue of language acquisition to the acquisition of the spoken form of one's native language. However, evidence is accumulating that, due to environmental factors, a simultaneous acquisition of the written and spoken versions of the mother tongue cannot be excluded, either. This paper presents detailed data concerning the linguistic development, with respect to written language, of a child between the ages of 2 and 4. The phenomenon analysed here, the pre-school acquisition of the written form of a child's native language, raises not only theoretical problems but also those of a very practical nature in connection with mother tongue education.
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POLISH AS A HERITAGE LANGUAGE – SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN

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Seretny A., Lipińska E.
Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny
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2016
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vol. 42
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issue 2 (160)
177-201
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There are many terms which refer to Polish language and they do not have the same meaning. The differences however, even minor, are particularly important in the area of language learning and teaching for both researchers and instructors (teachers of Polish as a mother tongue and as a foreign language). Not only should they be able to differentiate between various terminological categories but also be aware of their theoretical and practical implications, e.g. what is the function of Polish when it is not the pupils’ first language? what role does it play for its speakers? what is the difference between language learning and language acquisition, between bilingualism and knowledge of two languages? what is semilingualism and diglossia? These issues are closely linked with multilingualism and multiculturalism which in today’s society have become phenomena characteristic of many communities.
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MOTHER TONGUE IN THE VALUES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE SLOVAK NATIONALITY IN CROATIA AND SERBIA

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Výrost J., Homišinová M.
Človek a spoločnosť. Internetový časopis pre pôvodné teoretické a výskumné štúdie z oblasti spoločenských vied
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2016
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vol. 19
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issue 4
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The objective of the present study is a) to test the differences/similarities between value systems of Slovak adolescents from three culturally different settings (in Serbia, in Croatia, and in Slovakia); b) to verify the hypothesis that ethnic values play (for members of ethnic minorities in mutual comparison) a more important role. This article is a follow up to an earlier work focused on the values of the young Slovak minority members living in Hungary (Výrost, 2011). The empirical data was collected through questionnaires administered by interviewers. The obtained results of the comparison of value profiles (Kruskal-Wallis test) partially confirmed our hypothesis that minority members (Slovaks in Serbia) will prefer ethnic values more: As far as the Slovaks from Croatia are concerned, their value profile was more or less identical to the Slovaks living in Slovakia. The apparent differences between the two Slovak minority groups value profiles and the need to get a more detailed answer on the raised question, led us to conduct two analyses of binary logistic regression models (in each groups separately) to analyse the influence of value preferences on the attitude to mother tongue usage. In each group (Slovak adolescents in Serbia and Slovak adolescents in Croatia), a set of 10 values was observed as a significant (chi squareRS = 34.223, p < 0,001; chi squareHR = 18.170, p < 0.042), but moderate – about 30% – (Cox & Snell’s RRS²= 0.399; Cox & Snell’s RHR²= 0.315) predictor of the attitude to the mother tongue usage. Ethnic values played an important, but different role in these relations; in the case of Slovak adolescents living in Serbia it is “Mother tongue” value preference which contributes most significantly to the prediction, while in the group of Slovak adolescents living in Croatia it is “Nationality” value preference. Languages do not have the same function in communities, and this fact is especially true for minority languages; ethnic minorities live in a societal bilingualism, in disglossia, and the status of minority language differs from country to country for many reasons. The collected data confirm the necessity to study not only the legal or “objective” position of the mother tongue in life of ethnic minorities, but also its personal reflections.
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SOCIOETNICKÁ A JAZYKOVÁ SITUÁCIA SLOVENSKEJ MLÁDEŽE ŽIJÚCEJ V RUMUNSKU (PRIMÁRNE VÝSLEDKY EMPIRICKÉHO VÝSKUMU)

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Homišinová M., Výrost J., Ďurkovská M.
Človek a spoločnosť. Internetový časopis pre pôvodné teoretické a výskumné štúdie z oblasti spoločenských vied
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2017
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vol. 20
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issue 2
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During time period 2009 - 2016 two interdisciplinary research projects were carried out with focus on the sociolinguistic situation of the Slovakian youth living in the Lowlands. Both projects were interconnected on the base of thematic orientation and methodology and focused on the language-communication behavior of the Slovakian youth in situational context of intra-ethnic use of spoken Slovak in Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, and Romania. The main instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire which consisted of questions oriented on the language/communication behaviour in the formal (public) and informal (family) settings. Obtained data were analysed in SPSS 21 statistical package. Results connected with language behaviour in the formal and informal environment confirmed majority of tendency to communicate very high. Slovak language usage is frequent in communication inside but also outside the school. Significant connection between age and communication outside school settings were confirmed - the younger group more frequently uses Slovak language in ordinary communication. Ethno-cultural indicator also reflected respondent’s predominantly positive attitudes to the national cultural development, mother tongue knowledge improvement, and minority school system development.
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JAZYK A ETNICKÁ IDENTITA GORALOV NA HORNEJ ORAVE (NA PRÍKLADE GORALSKÝCH OBCÍ NOVOŤ A ORAVSKÁ POLHORA)

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Sekerášová B.
Populačné štúdie Slovenska
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2022
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vol. 15
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issue 1
43 - 60
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Language is frequently identified as one of the key ethnicity’s components. When it comes to researching ethnic minorities, researchers very often point their attention to the language itself. This study analyses the relationship between identity and language of Goral people living near Polish borders. The research was carried out in two Goral villages called Novoť and Oravská Polhora. The primary group of respondents were young people from this area. This research aims to resolve questions of ethno-identification and ethno-linguistic situation such as: Do Goral people consider the Goral dialect to be their mother language? Do residents of the area consider themselves to be Gorals? Is the Goral dialect their sole ethno-identification characteristic?
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ETHNO-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF NATIONAL LIFE OF YOUNG PEOPLE OF SLOVAK NATIONALITY IN CROATIA AND SERBIA (THEORY AND EMPIRISM)

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Homišinová M., Lenovský L.
Človek a spoločnosť. Internetový časopis pre pôvodné teoretické a výskumné štúdie z oblasti spoločenských vied
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2016
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vol. 19
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issue 4
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Ethno cultural processes belong to the most dynamic, most complicated and most important socio-cultural characteristics of each society. An ethnic definition of culture and society is at present, at a time of multiculturalism and de-ethnicity of culture, an effective and used means of description, genesis, and pursuance of political as well as economic management. The aim of the study is to characterize the Slovak minority living in Croatia and Serbia in the ethno-cultural background of its development, to define the main factors of ethno-cultural progress and the perspectives of their development. At the same time it aims to represent the opinions of the research participants (young Slovak people living in Croatia and Serbia). The study consists of a theoretical as well as a practical part. The theoretical part of the study includes an integrated knowledge of important aspects of the ethno-culture of the Slovak minority, which were gained by long-term ethnological research in the environment. The empirical part focuses on the data gained in field research (2015) within a grant project ‘Verbal-communication behaviour of Slovak youth in Croatia and Serbia in a situational background of intra-ethnic usage of Slovak.’ Based on the quota sampling (age and gender), 170 respondents took part in the research (49 from Croatia and 121 from Serbia). To collect the sample data we used a structured questionnaire. In the theoretical part of the study we specified the display of ethnic identity and the functioning of the minority language, and we characterized the remaining cultural traditions of the Slovak minority living in Croatia and Serbia. Until the members of Slovak minorities living in their environment have a relationship to the ethnicity, Slovak language and traditions they will consider them values. While the language and the traditions represent a practical tool for the profit, they will keep, hand over or develop them. To judge the inner structure of the three items of ethno cultural development of minority, we used the method of factor analysis (extraction method – Principal Component Analysis, rotation Varimex, Varimex normalization). The empirical results confirm that Slovak adolescents in Croatia and Serbia express a higher rate of importance in all three selected aspects of ethno-cultural development of their minority. These can be determined not only by various factors of ethno cultural development of each minority, but also by their specific characteristics (minority size, setting, cultural-social forwardness etc.) and by the ethnic development rate (identity rate, ability to use mother tongue at a communication level, education system, institutionalisation rate etc.).
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