The Language of Preaching as a Language Policy Issue Choice of a Liturgical Language and its Possible Effects, the Question of Language Death
The Language of Preaching as a Language Policy Issue Choice of a Liturgical Language and its Possible Effects, the Question of Language Death

Summary/Abstract: The paper first presents the birth of the Hungarian ecclesiastical (liturgical) language, emphasizing that the basic works of the practice of preaching and prayers in Hungary can be found already in the Middle Ages (the Old Hungarian period) almost entirely in their present form (The emergence of preaching in Hungarian). The second part (Mother tongue use in churches in the waves of history) explains the historically proven nation-preserving power of language use in church, and then outlines the issues of contemporary bilingualism, especially in a diaspora setting, proposing possible answers and stimulating further discussion and reflection.

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