Language/Literature paper by Karácsonyi, Krisztina
Language Attitudes Among Vlax Gypsies of a Village in Baranya County (Accepted)
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This research examines (1) language attitudes, (2) patterns of language use, (3) and the connection between mother tongue and identity. The aim is to inquire about the situation of the Romani language, in particular the Lovari dialect; I examine how certain language varieties, correlate with the other social/sociological variables (gender, age). The research was in a village in Baranya county, namely in Bicsérd. Based on my private experiences and former studies I was sure that the vlax gypsy inhabitants would cooperate with me. My main questions were as follows: how the interviewed people think about their mother tongue in the light of the Hungarian language and other gypsy languages and dialects (especially Boyash)? What other Romany dialects do they know? In the frame of A nyelvi másság dimenziói [The dimensions of language otherness] project the questionnaire (made by Csilla Bartha and Anna Orsós) was conducted on the language of the community and was recorded on tape. I used the Lovari version of the questionnaire in my research. Because of the low number of participants (20) during the data-analysis I used qualitative and quantitative methods as well. In the conference I would like to present the researches results.
„SUPPORTED BY THE ÚNKP-19-3-II NEW NATIONAL EXCELLENCE PROGRAM OF THE MINISTRY FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY.”
Brief Professional Bio (max. 100 words):
Krisztina Karácsonyi graduated in 2019 as a teacher of Hungarian language and literature, and a teacher of ethnography and ethnology. Currently, she is a PhD student in Sociology of Education at the University of Pécs (Education and Society Doctoral School of Education). She is interested in Romani language, through the perspective of theoretical linguistics, sociolinguistics and language pedagogy.