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THE NC HUNGARIAN CLUB switching. It reinforces the previous assumption that G1 speakers have a more purist attitude to language, and code-switching might be viewed as some impure alteration of the ‘pure’ Hungarian and English languages. Nevertheless, among G2 speakers, no such attitude has emerged. This set of data also proves that G2 speakers have a more natural, pragmatic attitude to code-switching and to bilingualism, and they tend to rely on code-switching as the most readily available means of expressing their bilingual perspectives”®. Yet, the majority of both G1 and G2 subjects claim not to disapprove of code-switching, but they try to refrain from its use, which reflects some covert negative attitude to code-switching and the individual language user’s responsibility in not cherishing it. Emotional attitudes to the English and Hungarian languages Questions 29 and 30 inquire about the emotions attached to speaking Hungarian and English, respectively. Six options have been provided to the question “How do you feel when speaking Hungarian / English?”: ‘proud’; ‘frustrated’; ‘uncomfortable’; ‘good’; ‘natural’; other (due to the low number of other responses, this has not been subject to further examination). For the quantification and interpretation of the data, see Chapter 6. With a view to finding intergenerational differences, the responses given by Gl and G2 speakers have been compared. First, emotional attitudes to speaking Hungarian will be discussed. Table 36: Emotional attitudes to speaking Hungarian from negative to positive in the G1 vs. G2 groups (B) (C) (E) (D) (E) Responses Frustrated | Uncomfortable | Natural Good Proud G1 ‘yes responses 0 0 20 (46%) 16 (38%) | 7 (16%) (N=43) G2 "yes responses 2 (139) 0 6 (37%) 4 (25%) 4 (25%) (N=16) Although the ranking of the different emotions associated with speaking Hungarian by Gl ((1) ‘natural’, (2) ‘good’, (3) ‘proud’) and G2 ((1) ‘natural’, (2-3) ‘good’, ‘proud’, (4) frustrated)) speakers is quite similar, G2 responses 282 Gardner-Chloros — McEntee-Atalianis — Finnis, Ibid., 75 e 135"
