The Austrians were surprised that I didn’t speak German

The role of language in Czech-Austrian relations

Bibliographic Data

ID6190893
AuthorsMagda Petrjánošová (0000-0002-3002-3030, Institute for Research in Social Communication, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, 81364, Bratislava, Slovakia, corresponding author), Samuel Graf (0000-0002-7810-5457, Institute of Psychology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Veveří 97, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic), Sylvie Graf
Year2012
Volume22
Issue4
Pages539-557
Publication date2012-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1210-3055 • E-ISSN: 1337-401X
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.2478/s13374-012-0043-y
OpenAlexW1994036652
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited13

Respondents from Austria (N = 146) and the Czech Republic (N = 165) noted down their experiences with people from their neighbouring country and their attitudes to their own country and the neighbouring nation on feeling thermometers. The quantitative content analysis and qualitative critical discourse-inspired analysis of the open statements focused on the role of language in the construction of Czech-Austrian relations. Using qualitative analysis we enquired as to which themes were intertwined with the topic of language, and as to the ways in which the participants perceived themselves, the Others, behind the border, and the relations between the two sides. We looked not only into what participants said but also how they said it. Using statistical analysis we tested the link between language-related topics in the descriptions of intergroup contact and the evaluation of the neighbouring nation as a whole. Throughout the article we compare the findings obtained by the two kinds of analysis and comment on (dis)agreement as well as on the (dis)advantages of both approaches

Content analysis · Czech · Feeling · German · Linguistics · Qualitative analysis · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Linguistic Education and Pedagogy · Linguistic research and analysis · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Psychology · Social Psychology

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