Laihonen, Petteri (2009): Language Ideologies in the Romanian Bana: Analysis of Interviews and Academic Writings among the Hungarians and Germans. Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä
Authors
Ilić (Mandić), Marija
Contributors
Petteri, Laihonen (author of the book)Ammon, Ulrich (ed.)
Darquennes, Jeroen (ed.)
Wright, Sue (ed.)
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In his study, Petteri Laihonen explores how metalanguage is circulated in different discourses in one
of Europe’s most multilingual regions – the Romanian Banat. Accordingly, the author carried out a
many-sided analysis that aimed at: (1) exploring the range of folk theories or ideologies about
language(s) in the Banat; (2) comparing the views of the local inhabitants with the views presented in
the writings of the educated elite; (3) analyzing the interactional site (interviews) where
metalinguistic talk occurred. Actually, this study is a doctoral dissertation defended in Hungarian
Studies (University of Jyväskylä) in June 2009. It is composed of six articles, which have been
written in three different languages (English, Hungarian and German) and published in reputable
periodicals and collections. Furthermore, it includes an adjoined and extended introduction that
summarizes the research background, the analytical methods, and the achieved goals. Although
multilingualism i...n the Banat is investigated with a focus on the Hungarian language, all available
data on the other regional languages is discussed throughout the book, especially with respect to the German written sources and interviews with German speakers. From a methodological point of view, the study is an attempt to bring together insights from the fields of Language Ideology and
Conversational Analysis.
Keywords:
sociolinguistics / Hungarians / Romanian Banat / fieldwork / research interview / metapragmatics / language ideologySource:
Sociolinguistica. Internationales Jahrbuch für europäische Soziolinguistik / International Yearbook of European Sociolinguistics / Annuaire International de la Sociolinguistique Européenne, 2010, 24, 235-237Publisher:
- Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter