Vol. 21 (2025)

 HU ISSN 1787-3606

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Argumentum, Vol. 21 (2025), pp. 67–89.

 

 

 

Spaces of Multilingualism in Sándor Petőfi German Nationality Language Teaching Primary School of Nemesvámos

   

 

 

 

Áron Szijártók ORCID iD icon 16x16

 

    University of Pannonia, Faculty of Humanities

 

    szijarto.aron@htk.uni-pannon.hu

   

 

DOI: 10.34103/ARGUMENTUM/2025/6

 

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Abstract

 

Schoolscape research is considered to be a relatively new area within the linguistic landscape research compared to other areas. Linguists and professionals from varied fields, such as language pedagogy, have dealt with schoolscape research getting at interesting conclusions. Yet, it should be noted that the school’s linguistic landscape can still be regarded as an unexplored territory. This paper focuses on aspects of multilingualism in the schoolscape. However, it also comprises far more than what can be seen, it is worth not just looking at it as a natural landscape. It is worth trying to hear by listening to students’ narratives on their linguistic self-identity and look at the happenings of life that are not visible to the eyes. In addition to this, I find important to emphasise the processes that are apparent through a multilingual lens. The main aim of this paper is to investigate how multilingualism manifests itself in a German nationality language teaching primary school in Hungary, I will also try to get answers to the questions of why a German minority school was established in a settlement without significant German nationality at the present, whether it truly operates as a minority school in everyday life, and whether its appearance reflects this spirit.

Keywords: multilingualism, linguistic landscape, schoolscape, linguistic self-identity, nationality

 
   
 

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