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THE HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES IN NORTH CAROLINA (S12) Hungarian should be the first language learned at home in 2.5 1.9 Hungarian families living in North Carolina. (S20) I feel I can express best who I am when I 2.6 1.1 speak Hungarian. However, noticeably different patterns in the attitude to code-switching emerge along generational affiliation. For G2 speakers, code-switched language is the most highly valued as a means of expressing their bilingual identity (“I appreciate both Hungarian and English and I feel I can best express who I am when I mix them together” — G2: 2.5 > G1: 1.5). They do not only acknowledge the practice of code-switching as a means of expressing their bilingual identity, but they are also proud of it (“I am proud of being bilingual and being able to mix Hungarian with English” — G2: 2.5 > Gl: 1.7) Ihe most obvious deviation in the attitude scores associated with codeswitching between G2 and Gl speakers has been identified in the following statement: “Contact with the American community in North Carolina is changing the Hungarian language spoken in this community” (G1: 1.8 > G2: 0.9). This neutral statement, lacking any kind of positive or negative attitude to the act of code-switching, shows that G1 speaker are more aware of the act of code-switching as a linguistic interference between English and Hungarian resulting from the contact situation. Table 10: Statements on attitude to code-switching in descending order Ranking of Average means Statements statements scores of responses (S31) It is common for Hungarians who live 1 in North Carolina to mix Hungarian and 2.8 English when they speak. (S39) I have noticed that sometimes English 27 influences the way I speak Hungarian. , (S34) I am proud of being bilingual and be- 19 ing able to mix Hungarian with English. ‘ (S40) Sometimes I feel I can speak neither Hungarian nor English well. + 99 +
