POSTOJE MLADÝCH ĽUDÍ SLOVENSKEJ NÁRODNOSTI V MAĎARSKU K FUNKCIÁM SLOVENČINY (V DVOCH SITUAČNÝCH KONTEXTOCH)

Analysis of 200 young people (Slovaks) from Hungary and from nationally mixed area of Slovakia answers on the scales measuring attitudes to the functions of native language in two specific situational contexts (family, school) led to the identification of the main differences: attitudes of the Slovaks in Hungary are less positive as the attitudes of comparative group and the order of preferred functions of native language (1. value, 2. comprehensive, 3. denominative, 4. cultural) differs from the comparative group too (1. denominative, 2. comprehensive, 3. value, 4. cultural). The situational context demonstrated serious impact on the manifested attitudes of the target group (young Slovaks in Hungary): all 4 identified functions of the language were rated more positively in the school context.