TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Jodlbauer, Ralph
A1  - Eichinger, Ludwig M.
T1  - On comparing multilingual situations. The Slavic minorities in the Republic of Austria
JF  - Journal of multilingual & multicultural development
N2  - This article aims to show that it is only by comparing different multilingual communities that a typologically relevant description of such communities is made possible. An example (Brix, 1982) is presented to demonstrate that a usable description of such regions is implicitly based on comparison and what factors are important in this respect. It is shown that only a model of variables which can comprise the analogous traits of the situations as well as the differences between them enables an adequate comparison to be made. The examples of the Croats in the Burgenland and of the Slovenes in Carinthia show what the consequences for the description of the situations are and what difficulties arise with such a description. The domains of the semi-official use of language are examined to find out what parallels and differences in the factors which are used for the description of multilingual communities (e.g. economic situation, legislation, historical development, sociolinguistic situation) can be related the peculiarities of language use in the two situations. In this way typological similarities and certain idiosyncratic characteristics of the two regions can be understood.
KW  - Minderheitensprache
KW  - Slawisch
KW  - Burgenland
KW  - Slawische Minderheit
KW  - Österreich
KW  - Deutsch
KW  - Kroatisch
KW  - Slowenisch
Y1  - 1987
U6  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-3766
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-3766
SN  - 0143-4632
SS  - 0143-4632
VL  - 8
SP  - 133
EP  - 145
S1  - 13
PB  - Routledge
CY  - Colchester
ER  -