I am still getting the chills when I am thinking of that wonderful story ... Slovakisms in the Czech language as a result and evidence of the linguistic contact of the Czech and Slovak language
Abstract
Slovakisms in Czech as a result of the linguistic contact of Czechs and Slovaks are a specific subject of interest from the viewpoint of linguistic, but not only linguistic analysis. The contacts between Czech and Slovak led to the presence of contact phenomena in the both languages.
While bohemisms in Slovak traditionally attract wide expert and lay attention, slovakisms in Czech, which originated in various historical periods, remain less explored. The paper introduces the view on slovakisms based on several sources, including their description in the Czech dictionaries of the National Revival period, compared with the dictionaries of the 20th century.
A deeper look at the slovakisms in Czech confirms them not only being a result of the mutual language contact but, at the same time, as the clear proof of the language contact and a way to gain specific knowledge of the historical, social and political background of the Czech-Slovak language contact.