Языковый манажмент в процесї штандартізації літературного языка карпатьскых Русинів
Language Management in the Standardization Process of the Carpathо-Rusyn Literary language

Summary/Abstract: Rusyn was codified in the Slovak Republic in 1995. As a result, this language is considered one of the youngest Slavic literary languages. In fact, its history is several centuries long and known due to many struggles in order to find the most suitable form of standard lan-guage for Rusyns living not only in modern Slovakia, but also in the whole area of the historic Carpathian Rus. Dealing with the matter of Rusyn language has always been re-lated to the issue of Rusyn national identity: Are Rusyns of Greater Russian or Ukrainian nationality, or are they an autonomous Slavic nationality? This question could only be partly answered as late as the end of the 20th century, in post-1989 pluralistic society, when Rusyn was codified, which was a natural outcome of the liberal solution to the di-lemma of their ethnic affiliation. A fundamental condition was provided for the use of the mother tongue in specific spheres of social life: mass media, religious, stage-theatrical and literary activities, where Rusyn was also partly used before its codification; however, without fixed orthographic and orthoepic rules. The codification of Rusyn also became a precondition for its introduction to education and officialdom. It is especially its function-ing in education which gives this ethnic group hope not only for maintaining and strengthening their national identity, but also for a message being passed to the future generations and a sense of dignity and prestige stemming from their mother tongue being used in spheres more cultured than just that of everyday communication in the family envi-ronment.

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