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A kultúrák és nyelvek szétesése
The Disintegration of Cultures and Languages

Author(s): Géza Balázs
Subject(s): Language studies, Sociology of Culture, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: culture; cultural policy; diaspora; identity; language shift

Summary/Abstract: The author offers an analysis of the phenomenon of language shift in connection with the disintegration of cultures in a diaspora situation. The process of the disintegration of languages is a historically well-known phenomenon, and the experiences of the past concerning extinct languages help us describe and understand the ongoing processes.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 5-9
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Hungarian