Jezično stanje Hrvata u Mađarskoj – periferno istraživačko pitanje?
The Linguistic State of Croats in Hungary – Peripheral Research Questions

Author(s): Timea Bockovac
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: sociolinguistics; language politics; language rights; bilingualism; Croats in Hungary
Summary/Abstract: This paper is address to the current state of the language of the Croatian national minority in Hungary, which is one of 13 autochthonous groups with rights granted by the constitution. Within this matter the correlation of official (state) and minority (Croatian) language politics is observed in the context of language rights, which primarily highlights supporting first language dominance and balancing bilingualism. The status of the Croatian minority today (2020) is regulated by legal directives and the most important issue is related to education (for instance, taking over institutions and publishing textbooks). However, there is a great need for sociolinguistic research on a macro level regarding cognitive linguistic representation. Applying results of such research is necessary for analyses of linguistic impacts, measuring the development of diglossia, and respectively for describing linguistic reality intertwined with identity that leads to the process of language planning.

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