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CHAPTER 5 BACKGROUND INFORMATION With regard to media-related language use tendencies, a reversed tendency than in the situation-related language use patterns emerges. English is more frequently used for media (infotainment) purposes than Hungarian in both G1 and G2 groups. Hungarian is the most frequently used when speaking on the phone with Hungarians in the US (3.3). English is used for reading for work, for watching films, and listening to the radio (3.1 each). Table 16: Media-related language use What language do you use when ...? Hungarian | English Mixed watching TV 0.8 3.1 wee reading books 2 2.7 x reading the news 1.3 2.9 wee reading magazines 1.2 2.8 wee reading for work 0.7 3.1 wee watching films / DVDs 1.3 3.1 wee listening to the radio 0.8 3.1 wee listening to music 1.5 2.6 wee reading internet sites 1.7 2.7 0.2 exchanging emails with Hungarians in 2.6 1.2 0.4 writing notes (shopping lists, to do lists) 1.8 2.1 0.8 ranger the phone with Hungarians 3.3 0.9 07 reading and writing recipes 1.7 2 0.5 writing birthday cards 1.9 2.2 0.5 Generational affiliation seems to be a determinant factor in terms of mediarelated language use patterns as well, as there is a marked decline in the use of Hungarian among G2 speakers in all media-related domains as compared to their Gl counterparts. In conclusion, the Hungarian-American community in North Carolina, more particularly in the Research Triangle, seems to be an educationally highly prestigious, aging community, where two subgroups along generational affiliation can be set up with regard to their sociolinguistic characteristics, language use patterns, and attitudes to language usage. * 106 +
