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During time period 2009 - 2016 two interdisciplinary research projects were carried out with focus on the sociolinguistic situation of the Slovakian youth living in the Lowlands. Both projects were interconnected on the base of thematic orientation and methodology and focused on the language-communication behavior of the Slovakian youth in situational context of intra-ethnic use of spoken Slovak in...
Ethno cultural processes belong to the most dynamic, most complicated and most important socio-cultural characteristics of each society. An ethnic definition of culture and society is at present, at a time of multiculturalism and de-ethnicity of culture, an effective and used means of description, genesis, and pursuance of political as well as economic management. The aim of the study is to characterize...
The objective of the present study is a) to test the differences/similarities between value systems of Slovak adolescents from three culturally different settings (in Serbia, in Croatia, and in Slovakia); b) to verify the hypothesis that ethnic values play (for members of ethnic minorities in mutual comparison) a more important role. This article is a follow up to an earlier work focused on the values...
The aim of the paper is to present results of the ESS project concerning the individually perceived safety by Slovak respondents which was monitored by two variables: characteristics of security situation and reflection of personal experience with crime. Slovak data from rounds 2 – 6 were compared and the perceived individual safety was analysed from generational and local aspects.
The main purpose of this paper is to present results of the project “European Social Survey”, which is focused on individual security according to the Slovak respondent perceptions by the means of two monitored indicators: the characteristic of security situation and the personal experiences with the criminality. There were compared results from two rounds realised in the Slovak Republic (the 2nd,...
The focus of the present analysis is on the perceived security of citizens from the different European countries. We examined the association between the subjective perceived security and the objective indicators of criminality in different European countries. The subjective perceived security was investigated in three domains – the perceived fear of dark abandoned places, the fear of being a victim...
The main purpose of this article is an assembly of knowledge in order to offer an overview about relevant findings obtained during individual phases of the research project titled “Lingual-Communication Behaviour of the Slovak Youth in Hungary and Slovakia in a Situational Context of Intra-Ethnical Using of the Spoken Slovak Language”, presented in a form of the research knowledge compendium. This...
This paper presents the concept of the research project which is investigating a lingual-communicative behaviour of the Slovak youth in Slovakia and Hungary, namely in a situational context of intra-ethnical usage of the spoken Slovak language. This concept characterizes shortly the research project, introduces a methodological framework of this project, describes selective groups by means of the...
The main purpose of this contribution is to publicize research results of the lingual-communicative behaviour of the Slovak youth in Slovakia and Hungary, which were obtained in both named countries in 2010. We analyse an indicator of the minority ethno-cultural development, as well as three selected components of it – individually and in reciprocal interrelations, as well. The referential framework...
An intention of this paper is to present results of empirical research into the lingual-communication behaviour of the Slovak youth in Slovakia and Hungary. This research was conducted in both countries during the 2010. The investigation focused on spoken expressions of the Slovak language in surroundings which are typical for the application of the written language as a form of a social contact in...
The aim of this study is an empirical analysis of the construction of ethnic identity of Slovaks living in Hungary and Hungarians living in Slovakia. As a consequence of historical and political changes, these two communities assumed a minority status, while their national countries (mother countries) remained the neighbouring countries. On the basis of research conducted in Hungary and Slovakia,...
The main purpose of this paper is an analysis of the cultural and language problems of the Hungarian minority members living in Slovakia. This question will be analyzed with regard to their own personal perception, evaluation and consideration of these indicators as important factors for preservation of ethnical identity and for future development of it. The authoress utilized relevant results of...
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