Zum Gebrauch des deutschen Dialekts in Untermetzenseifen. Eine sprachbiographische Studie

Abstract

Tato diplomova prace se zabyva uiivanim nemeckeho nafeCi v Medzeve na vychodnim Slovensku. V tomto smeru poskytuje pohled na soucasny stav, ale i na vyvoj v poslednich letech. V centru pozornosti stoji jedna rodina karpatskych Nemcu, vsechny tfi jeji generace. lednotlive jazykove biografie umoznuji vhled do zmen v uzivani jednotlivych jazyku v repertoaru daneho respondenta v prubehujeho zivota a do faktoru, ktere se na techto zmenach podlleji. Nase pozomost se pfitom soustfedi nejvice na zmeny v pouzivani nareci. Diplomova prace zaroven mapuje vyvoj uzivani dialektu od nejstarsi po nejmladsi generaci teto rodiny.

The present thesis deals with the use of a German dialect in Medzev in Eastem Slovakia. In this respect it provides an overview not only of the current situation, but also of the development in recent years. One concrete family of Carpathian Germans and all its three generations are in the focus of this thesis. Individual language biographies enable a detailed description of the changes in the usage of individual languages in the speaker' s repertory during his life. Furthemore, the language biographies also provide adescription of factors influencing these changes. We predominantly focused on changes in the usage ofthe dialect. The thesis also maps the development of the usage of the dialect from the oldest to the youngest generation in the given family.