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In search of new perspectives on the Moldavian Csángós / Petteri Laihonen, Magdolna Kovács & Hanna Snellman -- Endeavors for a living Csángó language : role of the European Council Recommendation 1521 in maintaining Csángó language and culture / Tytti Isohookana-Asunmaa & Outi Tánczos -- Studies on Moldavian Csángós in Romania and their impact on the local communities / Lehel Peti -- Unwelcome stranger in the field : fieldwork experiences among the Csángós / Lehel Peti -- Teaching and participant observation : interconnections of culture and language in an Eastern-European local society / Veronika Lajos -- An imaginary and an alternative : a critical approach to modernizing the M...
Amid the rising nationalism and racial politics that culminated in World War II, European countries wishing to "purify" their nations often forced unwanted populations to migrate. The targeted minorities had few options, but as R. Chris Davis shows, they sometimes used creative tactics to fight back, redefining their identities to serve their own interests. Davis's highly illuminating example is the case of the little-known Moldavian Csangos, a Hungarian- and Romanian-speaking community of Roman Catholics in eastern Romania. During World War II, some in the Romanian government wanted to expel them. The Hungarian government saw them as Hungarians and wanted to settle them on lands confiscated...
"Examines the Hungarians living in Moldova, their origins, history, social structure, culture, identity, their 20th century fate and the efforts made at protecting their rights." [Introduction].
In Communist times, it was impossible to do sociolinguistic work on Hungarian in contact with other languages. In the short period of time since the collapse of the Soviet bloc, Hungarian sociolinguists have certainly done their very best to catch up. This volume brings together the fruits of their work, some of which was hitherto only available in Hungarian. The reader will find a wealth of information on many bilingual communities involving Hungarian as a minority language. The communities covered in the book are located in countries neighboring Hungary (Austria, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania and Ukraine) as well as overseas (in Australia and the United States). Several of the chapters discuss material derived from the Sociolinguistics of Hungarian Outside Hungary project. Throughout the book, the emphasis is on how the language use of Hungarian minority speakers has been influenced by the majority or contact language, both on a sociolinguistic macro-level as well as on the micro-level. In the search for explanations, particular attention is given to typological aspects of language change under the conditions of language contact.