Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1974 (2. évfolyam, 3-5. szám)

1974 / 4. szám

We have already reported on Hungarian-related economic studies at Indiana U. in HSN no. 3 (International Development Research Center). Here we discuss the intensive language and area studies programs, as described to us by Dr. Andrew Vazsonyi.

The teaching of Hungarian language began during World War II in the framework of the Army Specialized Training Program, and after 1949 in the Air Force Language Training Program. After 1956 Hungarian gained acceptance as an academic subject within the Graduate Program of Uralic and Altaic Studies under the chairmanship of Thomas A. Sebeok. In 1965 a Department of Uralic and Altaic Studies was established in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School. The department, offering M.A. and Ph.D. degrees, and is headed by Denis Sinor.

In 1962 a Language and Area Center was established with funding from the H.E.W., National Defense Education Act. Both the department and the center are the only ones of their kind in the United States. The department has a faculty of twenty, offering between 30 and 40 courses each semester.

Hungarian is taught on introductory and advanced levels each year, together with a number of other courses pertaining to Hungarian studies. All Hungarian-related courses offered by the department are accepted for graduate credit, irrespective of the major field in which the student concentrates. The same applies to undergraduate studies. In addition, undergraduates with some native or acquired knowledge of Hungarian may obtain up to 16 hours credit by examination. The university also offers a special Certificate in Hungarian Studies on both undergraduate and graduate

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Sozan, Michael. “Ethnography and physical anthropology in Hungary: toward a synthesis during the late nineteenth century.” East European Quarterly, Vol. VII, No. 1 (Spring 1973) pp. 53-64.

The author describes the formative period of those desciplines in Hungary which would come under the common heading of anthropology in the United States. National ethnography which had its origin in the humanities, and physical anthropology with a background in the natural sciences vied rather than cooperated in ascertaining Hungarian ethnogenesis. Archaeology and linguistics had been consulted at times but not incorporated. The distance between these disciplines had widened in the early part of the 20th century each claiming having the necessary potential to accompalish the common goal. According to Bartucz, the dispute was "not between two sets of people but between two approaches.”

Spira, Thomas. “Aspects of the Magyar linguistic and literary renaisance during the Vormärz.” East European Quarterly, Vol. VII, No. 2. (Summer 1973) pp. 101-123.

The author concludes that the linguistic and literary controversies of the early decades of the 19th century tended to enhance the cause of Magyar national unity by stimulating public interest. Paradoxically, these polemics also constituted a serious bottleneck to any further meaningful unfolding of Magyar national aspirations. There could be no hope of settling the pressing socio-economic and political

Another institution concerned with Hungarian studies is the Research Center for the Language Sciences (formerly Research Center in Anthropology, Folklore, and Linguistics), chaired by Thomas A. Sebeok, with Andrew Vazsony/serving as Assoc. Chairman and Director of Publications. The Research Center publishes the Uralic and Altaic Series (edited by John R. Krueger) which includes a fair number of books on Hungarian, mostly linguistic in nature. The unique series has already published more than 120 volumes, among which the following may be of interest to our readers:

John Lotz, Hungarian Reader; Stephen Erdély, Principles of Hungarian Ethnomusicology; lonnes Sylvester Pannonius, Grammatica Hungaro-Latina (facsimile); Joshua Fishman, Hungarian Language Maintenance; Janos Zsilka, The System of Hungarian Sentence Patterns; Ferenc Kiefer, On Emphasis and Word Order in Hungarian; Stephen Foltiny, The Hungarian Archaelological Collection of the American Museum of Natural History in New York; Joseph Budenz. A Comparative Dictionary of the Finno-Ugric Elements in the Hungarian Vocabulary; György Lakó'The Proto-Finno-Ugric Antecedents of the Hungarian Phonetic Stock; Lajos Tamas, Etymologisch-historisches Wörterbuch der ungarischen Elemente in Rumänischen; László'Arany, The Phonological System of a Hungarian Dialect, Joannes Sajnovics, Demonstratio...(facsimile); Samuel Gyarmathi, Affinitás... (Facsimile); Klára Madics, Studies in the Accoustic Characteristics of Hungarian Speech Sounds; Albertus Molnár Szenciensis, Nova Grammatica Ungarica (facsimile); William Nemser, An Experimental Study of Phonological Interference in English of Hungarians; Andrew Kerek, Hungarian Metrics; and Gustav Bayerle, Ottoman Diplomacy in Hungary.

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issues which divided the peasant and the noble members of the society without resolving the Neologue-Orthologue conflict to the satisfaction of both parties. It was cultural eclecticism that was responsible for shoring up the breach between the two antagonistic classes, and the unwanted delay in resolving the issue hurt the chances of achieving an independent Magyar nation state. It gave the Austrians the necessary time and opportunity to undermine Magyar separatist aspirations and ultimately to defeat and isolate the Magyar nobility.

Széplaki, Joseph, “Doctoral dissertations related to Hungary accepted in the United States and Canada, and bibliographies on Hungary,” Athens, OH: Ohio U. Library 1974 (mimeo) is a list of 162 doctoral dissertations and 33 bibliographies pertaining to Hungary and Hungarians. Free copies are available from the Author, Head of Serials, Ohio Univ. Library, Athens, OH 45701.

Széplaki, Leslie. “Socialist economic reforms revisited: a reflection on the major issues.” East European Quarterly, Vol. VII, No. 2. (Summer 1973), pp. 167-181.

This is a very brief examination of the status and the results of the more essential economic reform measures in Hungary. Discussed are the traditional planning methods, plan formulation, various aspects of the economy such as foreign trade, personal incentives, policy-formulation, price policy. The author concludes that the duration of the present trend

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