If Yes, Why Not? Minority Language Use and Accommodation of Minority Language Rights in Slovakia
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, European and Regional Studies
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2068-7583
DOI: 10.1515/auseur-2015-0012