Contact Language Phenomena in the Language Use of Hungarian Speakers in Ukraine

Abstract

The dissertation is a descriptive study of the geographical location, historical affiliation, and linguistic composition of Transcarpathia, Ukraine. The thesis describes the peculiarities of language use, the concept and the characteristics of bilingualism, and its existence in the region. It examines lexical borrowing from the Slavic language formed as a result of bilingualism and discusses my research on loanwords.