Ecolinguistic and language-political comments on majority and minority societies Cover Image

Ekolingvistické a jazykovopolitické poznámky k majoritným a minoritným spoločenstvám
Ecolinguistic and language-political comments on majority and minority societies

Author(s): Slavomír Ondrejovič
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Applied Linguistics, Sociology, Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Migration Studies
Published by: Spoločenskovedný ústav SAV, Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: Language situation; Language policy; Language legislation; Endangered languages; The need to support minority languages;

Summary/Abstract: In this contribution we develop ecolinguistic and language-political comments referring to majority and minority societies. In general, the article focuses on the development of languages in the time of globalization. It also studies the language development in the context of foreign varieties of the Slovak language. At the same time it confronts language legislation with the language situation and it presents initiative in the field of research and description of the language situation abroad in relation to the Slovak language.

  • Issue Year: 18/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 74-78
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Slovak