Department of Social Linguistics
What do we do in our department?
Our research focuses on the relationship between the Slovak language and its users in the specific conditions in Slovakia. Noticing several sociolinguistic relations, we try to grasp and describe the language situation in Slovakia (i.e. the relationship of Slovak to other languages, users' attitudes to the language etc.). We are also interested in comparing our language situation in the international context - comparing dynamic sociolinguistic phenomena in other (mainly Slavic) countries.
The principal focus lies in the phenomena that create the dynamics in society: what resonates, polarizes (divides or unites), and reflects a broad social discussion. These are topics such as discrimination, gender equality, language correctness, language norms, language ideologies and cults, attitudes towards language, language policy, social values and their expression in language, the language of hate speech etc. The state's communication with a citizen concerning its (in)comprehensibility also belongs among our interests.
In sum, we examine: how people communicate with each other; how they (non)verbally behave and act in individual communication situations in official, semi-official and unofficial expressions. We strive to describe and explain everyday language practices. We observe, analyze, and interpret the language used by people to achieve their (communication) goals.
Researchers:
Lucia Molnár Satinská, Head of Department
Júlia Behýlová
János Fiala-Butora
Júlia Choleva
Estera Kövérová
Jaroslava Rusinková
Roman Soóky
Slavomíra Stanková
Jana Wachtarczyková
Contact: socioling @ juls.savba.sk
Ongoing projects
- When minority voices are silenced (VOICES)
- Language and Communication Aspects of Disinformation
- Vector representations of vague expressions in the Slovak language
- Linguistic reflection of the "new normal" values in contemporary Slavic languages
- Language In The Human-Machine Era
Finished project
Science popularization (in Slovak)
- Linguists: Changing the definition of love was the least we could do
- Ako si byť bližší vďaka jazyku?
- Materinský jazyk nie je dôležitý preto, že je oficiálny či národný
- O jazyku, sile slov a citlivom vyjadrovaní
- Slováci sú na svoj jazyk pyšní
- Štát by sa mal správať k ľuďom férovo – aj v jazyku
- Slovenská jazykoveda proti diskriminácii
- Vôbec sa nestaráme o to, že doma máme veľkú skupinu ľudí, ktorí si so slovečinou nevedia rady
- Technológie budúcnosti zmenia spôsob, akým používame jazyk
- Keď dieťa v škole nerozumie, považuje samo seba za hlúpe a pochybuje o svojej hodnote
- Ako prenikol koronavírus do slovenčiny a čo o nás prezradil
- O češtine na Slovensku – 8-dielny seriál v denníku SME
- Ako zmizla mnohojazyčnosť z ulíc Bratislavy?
- Mladý lingvista skúma čo hovoríme a ako to hovoríme