Language Policy of Slovak Republic
Language Policy of Slovak Republic
Author(s): Zdeněk ŠkrobákSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Fakulta sociálních věd
Keywords: Slovakia; Language Policy; Language Rights; Minorities; Hungarian; Roma; Ukrainian; Ruthenian; Minority Education System; Media; Culture; Problems
Summary/Abstract: The study „Language Policy of the Slovak Republic“ deals with the effects of language legislation in the Slovak Republic with the main emphasis on the status of ethnic and linguistic minorities. It provides an overview of the main minorities in the Slovak Republic and their development after 1945. The following part deals with the development of language legislation during the Communist period and during the period of an independent Slovakia after 1993. The following parts deal with the minority education system, media broadcasting in minority languages and the conditions of minority religious and cultural life. The final part deals with the objectionable items of language legislation.
Journal: ALPPI Annual of Language & Politics and Politics of Identity
- Issue Year: III/2009
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 15-25
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
