Ephemeris 2023

Paths and opportunities: geolinguistic methods in dialectology

Tanulmány (study): itt

Szerző (author)

Gábor Ferenczi

Cím (title)

Paths and opportunities: geolinguistic methods in dialectology

Hivatkozás (references)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.53644/EH.2023.2.20

Absztrakt (abstract)

The dimensional approach to language is a feature of contemporary linguistic re- search, in which the three main dimensions of language functioning – spatial, tempo- ral, and human – are brought together as an integral whole. Geolinguistics as a specific method of work and approach to analysis, approaches the temporal and social aspects from the spatial point of view. This method has made a major contribution to the ex- ploration of the spatiality of linguistic phenomena and the closely related regularities. The basic material is a collection of dialectal or multilingual words, represented by maps, arranged in atlases, which depict the distribution of sounds, shapes, words, and meanings. The origin of geolinguistics can be dated to the last quarter of the 19th century, and its development to the 20th century: in addition to classical dialectology and diachronic linguistics, the new grammar school also played a major role in the creation of this method. Over time, its use in the study of regional variants within languages has in- creasingly extended to cross-language studies as well. Nowadays, the method of pro- ducing language atlases has become much more sophisticated: they reflect both the semantic changes in linguistics that are periodically renewed, and the basic data rep- resentation procedures brought about by modern technological developments.

Kulcsszavak (keywords)

dialectology, dimensional language approach, geolinguistics, isogloss, language atlas, data informatization, KNyK project.

Short History of the so-called Kossuth Coat of Arms after 1956

Tanulmány (study): itt

Szerző (author)

Zoltán Máté Albert

Cím (title)

Short History of the so-called Kossuth Coat of Arms after 1956

Hivatkozás (references)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.53644/EH.2023.2.5

Absztrakt (abstract)

The so-called Kossuth coat of arms (together with the national flag with a hole in the middle) became the symbol of the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1956. Although the Soviet Union repressed the Hungarian Revolution on 4 November 1956, the Kossuth coat of arms remained the symbol of the state from late 1956 to early 1957. Moreover, a peculiar version of it (the second field of the coat of arms changed from red to blue) appeared. At the time of the fall of communism in Hungary, an important question was which version of the historical forms of the Hungarian coat of arms would become the state symbol. For the Hungarians, the Kossuth coat of arms is the symbol of the revolution, while the coat of arms with the Holy Crown of Hungary symbolizes the thousand- year-old statehood. The proclamation of the Republic of Hungary was on 23 October 1989 (on the 33rd anniversary of the Revolution of 1956) and the Kossuth coat of arms was also very popular. Finally, the ‘full form’ of the Hungarian coat of arms (with the crown) became official, expressing that the Holy Crown is a symbol of the Hungarian statehood, regardless of the form of government.