Torsello, Davide - Pappová, Melinda: Social Networks in Movement. Time, interaction and interethnic spaces in Central Eastern Europe - Nostra Tempora 8. (Somorja-Dunaszerdahely, 2003)

Interethnic spaces

Border region or contact zone 141

6. Border region or contact zone.

Ethnic and ethno-social processes in small regions between the Hungarian-Slovak language and state border

László Szarka

Border and identity. The Hungarian-Slovak state border, language border and contact zone

For researchers studying ethnic processes, minority communities and the phenomena of identity, the inseparable interweaving of space and community is a primary experience encountered on the field. What belongs to this subject? Among others are the local linkage and characteristics, local language usage, communication and social patterns, local patriotism and solidarity. And naturally, the so-called “local knowledge" which is an expression of the local spirituality