Katarína Slobodová Nováková
Biographic Data
| ID | 906466 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katarína Slobodová Nováková |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katarína Slobodová |
| FAMILY NAME | Nováková |
| SIGNATURE | NOVÁKOVÁ K S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8331-7040 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Phenomenon of Virtual Pilgrimage and Its Prospects
The not-yet-forgotten pandemic restrictions related to COVID-19, which affected the religious sector in an unprecedented manner, significantly contributed to the intimisation and virtualisation of spiritual expressions. Religiosity that had previously been experienced both internally and externally, two essential dimensions of any religious act, was transformed into a predominantly private and virtual phenomenon. This transformation affected not …
From Disappearing Transport to Revived Movement
This article challenges the conventional notion of mobility and transport as merely the act of relocation, extending its implications to the realm of cultural heritage. In global professional discourses, heritage tourism and the transportation of monuments are frequently discussed under the themes of ‘mobility of heritage’ or ‘heritage on the move’. However, we contend that transport itself can be conceptualized as heritage within the framework o…
The Phenomenon of Sword Dancing in Europe. Cultural-historical contexts
Sword dances belong to the oldest layers of dance culture. The origin of these dances, which can be described as a phenomenal manifestation of dance culture in almost the whole of Europe, unfortunately cannot be reduced to a single genetic basis. It goes without saying that such dancing would not still exist today without its bearers. Sword dancing has been gradually modified in some countries, losing its ceremonial function or its connection to …
Language and Cultural Peculiarities of Gender Realisation
Aim. The aim of the article is to reveal gender realisation peculiarities in English and German advertising texts. The concept of the research work is focused on the idea that representatives of different languages and cultures make unique world environment. The work proves the concept validity of the unique language nature in the distinctive idea of its cognitive base formed by an ethnic group. Methods. The concepts of universality and uniquenes…
Covid-19 Pandemic and Human Rights – Myth or Reality
Aim. During the pandemic situation of Covid-19, various true or false information about the spread, treatment, prevention, and vaccination against Covid-19 began to spread in the media, as well as in the real world. It is necessary to fight against various hoaxes on the basis of modern and especially scientifically documented information. Method. This study addresses human rights and change in society before and during the Covid-19 pandemic situa…
Open-air Museums – the Future of the Presentation of Spiritual and Architectural Heritage
The origins of “open-air museums” date back to the nineteenth century and from the very beginning were closely linked to efforts to capture, preserve and present folk culture. However, during the course of the twentieth century, especially in its later part, the concept of open-air museums began to expand. Open-air museums were founded that focused on urban, industrial and military environments, ecological issues, or on charting the life of prehi…
English idioms peculiarities in political discourse (Based on British and American media)
Political discourse is an integral part of cross-cultural communication, a way of interaction between political elites and the population. Various means of stylistic devices of expressiveness are used by many politicians today to have the most significant impact on the audience. According to the research work, ways of intellectual influence are often used in the media, and one of them is an idiom. The author's stress and the variety of idiomatic …
Using the Elements of Traditional Culture in the Teaching Process From the Perspective of Ethnopedagogy and Ethnology
Aim. The presented study aims to briefly present the possibilities of using and implementing elements of traditional culture in the teaching processat primary and secondary schools in Slovakia. It points out all the aspects and factors that enter the educational process when using these elements. Concept. Regional education is beingappliedin the educational environment of schools in order to develop the children with the right stimuli. The aim of…
Culture-Religion-Ethnicity (Alliance of Identities in the Environment of Foreign Slovak Communities)
Is religion and faith in today's economically and culturally globalized modern society just a conservative experience, tradition, and sentiment, or an anthropological universal, the primary essence of every individual and collective identity and a practical tool for realizing spiritual, cultural, and social needs? The community's culture, religion, and ethnicity are most significant in contrast (or on the border) with others. The existence of min…
Dialogic speech as a field of compound-complex sentence communicative types application
The purpose of the article is to identify the specifics of compound-complex sentences functioning in the dialogues of script texts. The research work has a complex system to analyze the linguistic processes, which are manifested in script texts of British and American scriptwriters. According to the study, the authors analyze the peculiarities of dialogue constituents and take the following definitions: communicative turn and communicative move, …
The Dissemination of the Cult of Saint Vincent in Slovakia and Austria as a Result of 18 th Century Migration of Alpine Woodcutters
Saint Vincent is one of the saints the worshipping of which occupies an important place both in the official church cult and in folk religiousness. He is currently regarded as the patron of wine growers, wine producers and woodcutters. Folk respect was particularly manifested in Saint Vincent’s native Spain and France, and this cult gradually expanded to Germany and Austria in the 14 th century. Thanks to migration, it spread from these regions t…
Multiculturalism or feminism? Arguments about the use of the integral veil
Based on an article by Martha Nussbaum surrounding the prohibition of the use of the integral veil in the public dependencies in western Europe, we aim at going over the discussion around the reasons that enable or forbid it. Contrary to Nussbaum, who justifies-according to the principles of an extreme liberalism-the freedom of women to choose wearing or not the integral veil, we will sustain-based on the same principles of freedom and equality-t…
Morphological and syntactic interference in the context of Franco-Congolese bilingualism
The article is devoted to the problem of language contacts in the linguistic setting of the Congo, resulting in various changes. The given work stresses the idea of the relationship between hybrid languages and the role of interference on morphological and syntactic levels of two languages: French and Kikongo. The authors analyze the theoretical ground of contact linguistics formation process, reveal the degree of interference influence on the li…
Minority languages in Europe in the context of revitalizing activities
The paper focuses on the analysis and presentation of the rescue research of unique German minority of mountain woodcutters called Huncokars. They live in western Slovakia, isolated in a mountainous environment, with a preserved culture and their own language. Due to the political situation and the unregulated rights of minorities in Slovakia in the 2nd half of the 20th century this group has not been the subject of systematic research and scient…
Study Possibilities of Present-Day Ethnic Revitalization of German Woodsmen in the Little Carpathians
The article discusses the influence of macro-social processes and issues of assimilation, acculturation, ethnic and linguistic revitalization on the example of one particular group of German woodsmen in the social context of Western Slovakia. It attempts to analyse how historical and political changes during the 20th century influenced changes in the structure, system of values and hierarchy of ethnic group and whether that helped or prevented th…
Culture-Religion-Ethnicity (Alliance of Identities in the Environment of Foreign Slovak Communities)
Is religion and faith in today's economically and culturally globalized modern society just a conservative experience, tradition, and sentiment, or an anthropological universal, the primary essence of every individual and collective identity and a practical tool for realizing spiritual, cultural, and social needs? The community's culture, religion, and ethnicity are most significant in contrast (or on the border) with others. The existence of min…
Study Possibilities of Present-Day Ethnic Revitalization of German Woodsmen in the Little Carpathians
The article discusses the influence of macro-social processes and issues of assimilation, acculturation, ethnic and linguistic revitalization on the example of one particular group of German woodsmen in the social context of Western Slovakia. It attempts to analyse how historical and political changes during the 20th century influenced changes in the structure, system of values and hierarchy of ethnic group and whether that helped or prevented th…
Minority languages in Europe in the context of revitalizing activities
The paper focuses on the analysis and presentation of the rescue research of unique German minority of mountain woodcutters called Huncokars. They live in western Slovakia, isolated in a mountainous environment, with a preserved culture and their own language. Due to the political situation and the unregulated rights of minorities in Slovakia in the 2nd half of the 20th century this group has not been the subject of systematic research and scient…
Multiculturalism or feminism? Arguments about the use of the integral veil
Based on an article by Martha Nussbaum surrounding the prohibition of the use of the integral veil in the public dependencies in western Europe, we aim at going over the discussion around the reasons that enable or forbid it. Contrary to Nussbaum, who justifies-according to the principles of an extreme liberalism-the freedom of women to choose wearing or not the integral veil, we will sustain-based on the same principles of freedom and equality-t…
Morphological and syntactic interference in the context of Franco-Congolese bilingualism
The article is devoted to the problem of language contacts in the linguistic setting of the Congo, resulting in various changes. The given work stresses the idea of the relationship between hybrid languages and the role of interference on morphological and syntactic levels of two languages: French and Kikongo. The authors analyze the theoretical ground of contact linguistics formation process, reveal the degree of interference influence on the li…
Dialogic speech as a field of compound-complex sentence communicative types application
The purpose of the article is to identify the specifics of compound-complex sentences functioning in the dialogues of script texts. The research work has a complex system to analyze the linguistic processes, which are manifested in script texts of British and American scriptwriters. According to the study, the authors analyze the peculiarities of dialogue constituents and take the following definitions: communicative turn and communicative move, …
The Dissemination of the Cult of Saint Vincent in Slovakia and Austria as a Result of 18 th Century Migration of Alpine Woodcutters
Saint Vincent is one of the saints the worshipping of which occupies an important place both in the official church cult and in folk religiousness. He is currently regarded as the patron of wine growers, wine producers and woodcutters. Folk respect was particularly manifested in Saint Vincent’s native Spain and France, and this cult gradually expanded to Germany and Austria in the 14 th century. Thanks to migration, it spread from these regions t…
English idioms peculiarities in political discourse (Based on British and American media)
Political discourse is an integral part of cross-cultural communication, a way of interaction between political elites and the population. Various means of stylistic devices of expressiveness are used by many politicians today to have the most significant impact on the audience. According to the research work, ways of intellectual influence are often used in the media, and one of them is an idiom. The author's stress and the variety of idiomatic …
Using the Elements of Traditional Culture in the Teaching Process From the Perspective of Ethnopedagogy and Ethnology
Aim. The presented study aims to briefly present the possibilities of using and implementing elements of traditional culture in the teaching processat primary and secondary schools in Slovakia. It points out all the aspects and factors that enter the educational process when using these elements. Concept. Regional education is beingappliedin the educational environment of schools in order to develop the children with the right stimuli. The aim of…
Culture-Religion-Ethnicity (Alliance of Identities in the Environment of Foreign Slovak Communities)
Is religion and faith in today's economically and culturally globalized modern society just a conservative experience, tradition, and sentiment, or an anthropological universal, the primary essence of every individual and collective identity and a practical tool for realizing spiritual, cultural, and social needs? The community's culture, religion, and ethnicity are most significant in contrast (or on the border) with others. The existence of min…
Language and Cultural Peculiarities of Gender Realisation
Aim. The aim of the article is to reveal gender realisation peculiarities in English and German advertising texts. The concept of the research work is focused on the idea that representatives of different languages and cultures make unique world environment. The work proves the concept validity of the unique language nature in the distinctive idea of its cognitive base formed by an ethnic group. Methods. The concepts of universality and uniquenes…
Covid-19 Pandemic and Human Rights – Myth or Reality
Aim. During the pandemic situation of Covid-19, various true or false information about the spread, treatment, prevention, and vaccination against Covid-19 began to spread in the media, as well as in the real world. It is necessary to fight against various hoaxes on the basis of modern and especially scientifically documented information. Method. This study addresses human rights and change in society before and during the Covid-19 pandemic situa…
Open-air Museums – the Future of the Presentation of Spiritual and Architectural Heritage
The origins of “open-air museums” date back to the nineteenth century and from the very beginning were closely linked to efforts to capture, preserve and present folk culture. However, during the course of the twentieth century, especially in its later part, the concept of open-air museums began to expand. Open-air museums were founded that focused on urban, industrial and military environments, ecological issues, or on charting the life of prehi…
The Phenomenon of Sword Dancing in Europe. Cultural-historical contexts
Sword dances belong to the oldest layers of dance culture. The origin of these dances, which can be described as a phenomenal manifestation of dance culture in almost the whole of Europe, unfortunately cannot be reduced to a single genetic basis. It goes without saying that such dancing would not still exist today without its bearers. Sword dancing has been gradually modified in some countries, losing its ceremonial function or its connection to …
The Phenomenon of Virtual Pilgrimage and Its Prospects
The not-yet-forgotten pandemic restrictions related to COVID-19, which affected the religious sector in an unprecedented manner, significantly contributed to the intimisation and virtualisation of spiritual expressions. Religiosity that had previously been experienced both internally and externally, two essential dimensions of any religious act, was transformed into a predominantly private and virtual phenomenon. This transformation affected not …
From Disappearing Transport to Revived Movement
This article challenges the conventional notion of mobility and transport as merely the act of relocation, extending its implications to the realm of cultural heritage. In global professional discourses, heritage tourism and the transportation of monuments are frequently discussed under the themes of ‘mobility of heritage’ or ‘heritage on the move’. However, we contend that transport itself can be conceptualized as heritage within the framework o…
Sociology (9 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Religious Tourism and Spaces (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works)