<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The use of official proper names is regulated by laws that contribute to the social codification and standardization of propria registration. The paper deals with minority language laws concerning the use of proper names of national minorities in Slovakia. The author gives an overview of the laws, or more precisely paragraphs dealing with the use of official anthroponyms, toponyms and names of institutions. In Slovakia, the largest national minority is Hungarian, so the paper gives examples of using the proper names of Hungarians living in Slovakia, that is, from Slovak-Hungarian bilingual municipalities. In an ethnically mixed environment, the variability of the forms of propria increases, since in the official (and non-official) sphere, proper names can be used not only in the state language, but also in the minority language. In bilingual municipalities, bilingual toponyms and names of institutions appear in both languages. Members of national minorities have the option of entering a personal name in the Register Offices in their mother tongue. Minority proper names fulfil an ethno-identification function, they are a source of individual and collective identity.</p></abstract>

The use of official proper names is regulated by laws that contribute to the social codification and standardization of propria registration. The paper deals with minority language laws concerning the use of proper names of national minorities in Slovakia. The author gives an overview of the laws, or more precisely paragraphs dealing with the use of official anthroponyms, toponyms and names of institutions. In Slovakia, the largest national minority is Hungarian, so the paper gives examples of using the proper names of Hungarians living in Slovakia, that is, from Slovak-Hungarian bilingual municipalities. In an ethnically mixed environment, the variability of the forms of propria increases, since in the official (and non-official) sphere, proper names can be used not only in the state language, but also in the minority language. In bilingual municipalities, bilingual toponyms and names of institutions appear in both languages. Members of national minorities have the option of entering a personal name in the Register Offices in their mother tongue. Minority proper names fulfil an ethno-identification function, they are a source of individual and collective identity.

Proper names and minority language laws in Slovakia

Univerzity Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre

Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný casopis

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The use of official proper names is regulated by laws that contribute to the social codification and standardization of propria registration. The paper deals...

Proper names and minority language laws in Slovakia

Publicado en línea: 18 mar 2021

Páginas: 425 - 438

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2021-0008

Palabras clave
official proper names, minority language laws in Slovakia, name policy, Slovak-Hungarian bilingual environment

© 2020 Ján Bauko, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Proper names and minority language laws in Slovakia

Publicado en línea: 18 mar 2021

Páginas: 425 - 438

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2021-0008

Palabras claveofficial proper names, minority language laws in Slovakia, name policy, Slovak-Hungarian bilingual environment

© 2020 Ján Bauko, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
official proper names, minority language laws in Slovakia, name policy, Slovak-Hungarian bilingual environment