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<p>This article explores the difference between equality and the absence of discrimination within the area of language use. It draws on examples of social practices of linguistic inequality in Slovakia, and analyses how these are regulated by Slovak law, international law and laws of countries of best practices. The article argues that these examples represent three different models of linguistic equality: formal equality, equality of opportunities and substantive linguistic equality. It will analyse how these approaches empower or disadvantage speakers of minority languages, and what normative guide they provide for linguistic equality.</p>
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This article explores the difference between equality and the absence of discrimination within the area of language use. It draws on examples of social practices of linguistic inequality in Slovakia, and analyses how these are regulated by Slovak law, international law and laws of countries of best practices. The article argues that these examples represent three different models of linguistic equality: formal equality, equality of opportunities and substantive linguistic equality. It will analyse how these approaches empower or disadvantage speakers of minority languages, and what normative guide they provide for linguistic equality.

Linguistic Discrimination as a Social, Legal and Human Rights Phenomenon

Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný casopis

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This article explores the difference between equality and the absence of discrimination within the area of language use. It draws on examples of social...

Linguistic Discrimination as a Social, Legal and Human Rights Phenomenon

Publicado en línea: 27 mar 2023

Páginas: 285 - 302

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2023-0010

Palabras clave
linguistic rights, equality, anti-discrimination, Hungarians in Slovakia, international human rights law

© 2022 János Fiala-Butora, published by Sciendo

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

Linguistic Discrimination as a Social, Legal and Human Rights Phenomenon

Publicado en línea: 27 mar 2023

Páginas: 285 - 302

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2023-0010

Palabras clavelinguistic rights, equality, anti-discrimination, Hungarians in Slovakia, international human rights law

© 2022 János Fiala-Butora, published by Sciendo

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

Palabras clave
linguistic rights, equality, anti-discrimination, Hungarians in Slovakia, international human rights law