Open AccessA comparative study of media, media use and ethnolinguistic vitality in bilingual communities
Author(s) -
László Vincze,
Andrea Nordqvist,
Catharina Lojander-Visapää,
Tom Moring,
Nadja Nieminen Mänty
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri./eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.142
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2228-1339
pISSN - 1736-8987
DOI - 10.12697/jeful.2011.2.1.19
Subject(s) - vitality , german , linguistics , identity (music) , minority language , perspective (graphical) , sociology , completeness (order theory) , neuroscience of multilingualism , psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , mathematics , art , aesthetics , mathematical analysis , philosophy , theology
This paper presents some preliminary results from acomparative study of interrelations between identity (in terms of subjectively identified identity); media (in terms of completeness in supply); media use (in terms of choice of language); and EV among bilingual speakers of autochthonous minority languages. It builds on studies that are carried out among German speakers in South Tyrol, Hungarian speakers in Romania and Swedish speakers in Finland, combining institutional analysis and quantitative surveys in a comparative perspective