Contacts between the Slovak and Croatian language reflected in dialects in the surroundings of Bratislava

Narodny jazyk tvori subor uzemne i funkčne diferencovanych a socialne strat- ifikovanych vyrazovych prostriedkov. Tieto jazykove prostriedky sa dalej vnu- tome clenia; patria k viacerym jazykovym utvarom (existencnym formam ja- zyka, varietam), ktore na seba posobia a podliehaju spolocnym vyvinovym tendenciam a procesom. Plati to aj o dvoch zakladnych struktumych utvaroch narodneho jazyka, teda o spisovnom jazyku a miestnych narečiach.Narodni jezik čini skup uzajamno funkcijski diferenciranih i socijalno stratificira- nih izražajnih sredstava. Ta jezična sredstva su nadalje unutarnji članovi; pripadaju raznim jezičnim oblicima (egzistentnim oblicima jezika, varijantama), koji podliježu zajedničkim razvojnim tendencijama i procesima. Vrijedi to također za dva temeljna strukturna oblika narodnoga jezika, dakle za standardni jezik i mjesne govore.A national language consists of a group of mutually and functionally differentiated and socially stratified means of expression. Further, these linguistic means are internal items: they belong to various linguistic forms (extant language forms, varieties), which are subject to common developmental tendencies and processes. This is also true for two basic structural national language forms, the standard language and local dialects. A national language and its varieties relate to other national languages and some of their varieties in identical situations. In the base region of a national language such contacts mainly take place in border-areas, in enclaves and in diasporas in foreign language circles, respectively. As well, the relations between Slovak dialects and dialects of other Slavic and non-Slavic languages have always been determined by specific social conditions and state relations