Naslov
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THE NEIGHBOURS: Multilingualism in countries with less widely spoken official languages
(With a little help from the neighbors> Multilingualism in countries with less widely spoken official languages)

Autori
Jelaska, Zrinka ; Novak Milić, Jasna

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Skup
The Future of European Policy towards Multilingualism and Language Learning

Mjesto i datum
Leeuwarden, Nizozemska, 21.11.2007. - 23.11.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
minority languages; Croatian as L2; sociolinguistics; multilingualism

Sažetak
The relationship between minor and regional languages on one side and official and/or major languages on the other is a complex one when the latter is not widely spoken or learned. Among other things, the state of minor or regional language depends on it’ s language status within (the part of) Europe that it is spoken, especially it’ s out-of-state language status. This paper discusses some examples from multilingual parts of Croatia, as well as some from countries abroad where Croatian is a minority language. It tries to find the basis for successful multilingual regions (e.g. those where Italian is a minor language) and the not so successful ones (e.g. those where Hungarian is a minority language) in the attitude of minority speakers’ to the state language due to it’ s wider status, as well as the majority speakers' attitude to the minority language.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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