Bilingualism as a Commercial Interest
This study presents and analyzes the first declarations and programs of the Hungarian organizations of the 1989 Revolution in Slovakia. The analysis extends to the first half of 1990. The examination is based on two methodological aspects. One is the change of regime, that is, the consideration of the objectives and values that were aimed at overthrowing the former dictatorship and introducing a new constitutional democracy characteristic for the Western world. The other aspect is the improvement of the situation of Hungarians in Slovakia, i.e. the formulation of their specific rights and other national needs, and the way how to achieve these goals. Of course, the text raises the issue of combining these two aspects. The study is primarily based on contemporary documents, but it also reflects the aspects of academic literature on the subject.
Hungarian Documents of the Velvet Revolution
This study presents and analyzes the first declarations and programs of the Hungarian organizations of the 1989 Revolution in Slovakia. The analysis extends to the first half of 1990. The examination is based on two methodological aspects. One is the change of regime, that is, the consideration of the objectives and values that were aimed at overthrowing the former dictatorship and introducing a new constitutional democracy characteristic for the Western world. The other aspect is the improvement of the situation of Hungarians in Slovakia, i.e. the formulation of their specific rights and other national needs, and the way how to achieve these goals. Of course, the text raises the issue of combining these two aspects. The study is primarily based on contemporary documents, but it also reflects the aspects of academic literature on the subject.
Political Factors of the Slovak–Hungarian Relations in the Period of Democratic Transition: Situation, Trends, Challenges
The relations between nations are influenced by a variety of factors, including political ones. The Slovak–Hungarian relations are no exception either. This is connected with the historical context, with the manifold forms of state-political coexistence of the two nations in the past, but also with the ongoing processes, with everything that influences the given country’s overall domestic political development, the image and evolution of the transformation of the last thirty years, the results of the reforms, the state of democracy in Slovakia. Parts of the internal problems of the Slovak–Hungarian relations are the general political characteristics of the country’s development, the nature of the political regime, the legal embeddedness of the human rights issue, including minority rights, the political preferences and value orientations of the population, and party activities, including those which claim that they represent the interests of the members of the Hungarian community.
Correlations of Ethnic Identity in Mutual Perception of Slovaks and Hungarians
This paper deals with the correlations of ethnic identity and its manifestations in mutual perception and opinion among citizens of the Slovak Republic, both of Slovak and Hungarian ethnicity. For the possibility of broader comparison and apprehension, we also used as illustration the Czech and Roma ethnicities. Subsequently, the values were measured on a sample of 652 respondents of the mentioned ethnicities, with an equal representation of ethnicity, sex, and age. The observed results indicate a high degree of similarity among respondents of both Hungarian and Slovak ethnicities. This similarity is found both in each other´s assessments, which is positive and reciprocal, and in the assessments of the Roma, which are equally in the negative poles.
On Some General Questions of Light Verb Constructions
This paper examines light verb constructions, with special regard to the borderline cases, i.e. verbo-nominal constructions, which may or may not be analyzed as light verb constructions. It analyses the possible meanings of the light verbs—beyond being the carriers of grammatical functions, and compares them with the meanings of the potential or actual one-word equivalents of these constructions. The empirical basis of the research is provided by the v2.0.5 of the Hungarian National Corpus.
