Date: 28-Jun-2005 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Hungarian Language Contact Outside Hungary: Fenyvesi
Title: Hungarian Language Contact Outside Hungary
Subtitle: Studies on Hungarian as a minority language
Series Title: IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society 20
Published: 2005
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Editor: Anna Fenyvesi, University of Szeged
Hardback: ISBN: 9027218587 Pages: xxii, 425 Price: Europe EURO 135.00
Hardback: ISBN: 1588116301 Pages: xxii, 425 Price: U.S. $ 162.00
Abstract:
In Communist times, it was impossible to do sociolinguistic work on Hungarian in contact with other languages. In the short period of time since the collapse of the Soviet bloc, Hungarian sociolinguists have certainly done their very best to catch up. This volume brings together the fruits of their work, some of which was hitherto only available in Hungarian. The reader will find a wealth of information on many bilingual communities involving Hungarian as a minority language. The communities covered in the book are located in countries neighboring Hungary (Austria, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania and Ukraine) as well as overseas (in Australia and the United States). Several of the chapters discuss material derived from the Sociolinguistics of Hungarian Outside Hungary project. Throughout the book, the emphasis is on how the language use of Hungarian minority speakers has been influenced by the majority or contact language, both on a sociolinguistic macro-level as well as on the micro-level. In the search for explanations, particular attention is given to typological aspects of language change under the conditions of language contact.
List of tables vii-x
List of figures xi-xii
List of maps xiii
List of abbreviations xv-xvi
About the authors xvii-xx
Acknowledgements xxi
Introduction Anna Fenyvesi 1-9
Typological and theoretical aspects of Hungarian in contact with other languages Sarah G. Thomason 11-27
Contextualizing the Sociolinguistics of Hungarian Outside Hungary project Miklós Kontra 29-45
Hungarian in Slovakia István Lanstyák and Gizella Szabómihály 47-88
Hungarian in Ukraine István Csernicskó 89-131
Hungarian in Romania Attila Benõ and Sándor Szilágyi N. 133-162
The Csángós of Romania Klára Sándor 163-185
Hungarian in the former Yugoslavia (Vojvodina and Prekmurje) Lajos Göncz and Ottó Vörös 187-240
Hungarian in Austria Csanád Bodó 241-263
Hungarian in the United States Anna Fenyvesi 265-318
Hungarian in Australia Magdolna Kovács 319-350
The grammars of Hungarian outside Hungary from a linguistic-typological perspective Casper de Groot 351-370
Bibliography 371-400
Appendix: The linguistic questions of the SHOH questionnaire 401-411
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