Language and culture maintenance efforts of the Hungarian community in Australia
Megjelenés dátuma: 2020
Kulcsszó: Hungarian community
language
culture
Australia
language
culture
Australia
Abstract:
The role of language in the context of ethnic identity has recently been an
important topic of research. Language can be regarded as the symbol of an
individual’s identity, one of many constitutive factors of group membership, called
ethnicity. Minority communities, for instance immigrant groups, may connect their
ethnic identity to language, since language is often seen as incorporating cultural
heritage. The aim of this paper is to investigate written mixed-language discourse
with the help of a multimodal approach utilising resources that include two issues
of Magyar Élet (Hungarian Life), a weekly published by members of the Hungarian
community living in Australia. Contributors to this weekly may find it an important
and appealing alternative to rely on resources offered in more than one language.
This research investigates and focuses on linguistically mixed written discourse, i.e.,
the mixed-language practices which characterize the weekly, in order to reveal how
these manifestations contribute to the multifaceted identities and how the Australian
Hungarian community maintains its heritage language and culture.