Sharing research on linguistic minorities

On 26 June 2023, Eva Mikuska (University of Chichester) delivered a research paper for the School of Education, Languages and Linguistics at the University of Portsmouth. This paper reported on the research carried out in Serbia among Hungarians who are not just ethnic minorities but also linguistic minorities.

Their language has almost no linguistic similarity to their host nation’s language, therefore the paper reported on how this group of people develop, and maintain the minority language in a multicultural context. To illuminate different understandings, data was analysed using ‘dialogical self’ and positioned as a fruitful approach for analysing personal and cultural positioning.

Eva’s research more broadly looks at identity formation through the use of language. For more information, please contact Eva Mikuska at [email protected].