Language planning and the issue of the Hungarian minority language in post-communist Romania: from exclusion to reasonable compromises

Abstract: Language planning and control have played a prominent role in attempts of nation building in contemporary Romania, a nation-state formed in the early 20th century by binding together provinces that were previously part of multi-national empires. As a long-lasting process, language control stretches throughout many historical periods. In communist and post-communist era, it has largely interfered with the political logic of both socialist internationalism and post-socialist democratic citizenry. More recently, under the impact of the European Union’s expansion to the East and Romania’s integration to it, language control has switched from severe limiting minority languages to a fair acceptance of reasonable compromises with the official dominance of Romanian as national official language. Although Romania acknowledges several minority languages, the article focuses on the usage of Hungarian language, the most important minority language in Romania. The aim of the article is double.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review ; 18 (2018) 1 ; 121-140

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Geschichte Europas

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (when): 2018
• Creator: Dragoman, Dragoș

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-57912-9
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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