Jezikovne "težave" na Spodnjem Štajerskem v Taaffejevi dobi
Language "Problems" in Lower Styria in the Taaffe Period

Summary/Abstract: If Auersperg-Lasser's government with its pressures against the clerical staff contributed significantly to the fact that the Slovenian language was, (also) in Lower Styria, pushed to the very edge of public Ufe, the Taaffe period introduced a greater dynamics into the language issues. The government, stating that it would not exert pressure against public servants, ensured the "facilities" for a sudden "strengthening" of the language issue, which suddenly became the focus of public and politicai life. In his article the author analyses the language demands of the Lower Styria Slovenians, who attempted to gain as many concessions as possible from the ("sympathetic or unsympathetic") government after the "declaration" of Carniola as a Slovenian province. Due to the fact that Lower Styria had a different Position than Carniola, this was by no means an easy goal to achieve; instead, the Lower Styrian unification "leaders" had to invest all of their strength into just a couple of successes in the 15 years of Taaffe's rule.

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