Slovenska jezikovna skupnost v Kanalski dolini

The article brings an insight into the sociolinguistic image of the Kanalska dolina (Val Canale), the focus being on the Slovenian language community which, through the centuries, has faced political pressure and has managed to survive despite many trials. The recently passed legislation on the protection of language minorities in Italy opens new possibilities, and now the question is if and how the Slovenian language community will employ them and benefit from them.V članku je podan vpogled v sociolingvistično podobo Kanalske doline s poudarkom na slovenski jezikovni skupnosti, ki se je skozi stoletja soočala z vrsto političnih pritiskov in preživela kljub številnim preizkušnjam. Z nedavno sprejetim okvirnim zakonom o zaščiti jezikovnih manjših v Italiji se ji odpirajo nove možnosti, vprašanje je le, če in kako jih bo zmogla in znala izkoristiti