Percepcja i ocena filmowej polszczyzny kresowej (na przykładzie Wołynia w reżyserii Wojciecha Smarzowskiego)
Perception and Evaluation of the Polish Kresy Dialect (Based on Wołyń, Directed by Wojciech Smarzowski)

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article are the results of an analysis of the perception and evaluation of linguistic styling in the film Wołyń (Volhynia), directed by Wojciech Smarzowski (2016). The analysis of the reception of these linguistic choices is the last element of the research process, which is difficult to conduct without discussing elements such as the genesis of the film, its plot, the creators and the markers used in the styling process. Therefore, in this article I briefly present these elements. The research material comprises the spontaneous reactions of Filmweb website users to the film and the responses of 182 people who took part in my survey. The analysis leads to the conclusion that linguistic styling is rarely discussed by forum users. If the viewers pay attention to it, they subject it to broad (not always justified) criticism. Among the collected statements, however, there were also some that testify to the high linguistic awareness of the audience in the discussed area. The results of the survey led to the conclusion that the hero’s speech, stylized in the Polish Eastern Borderlands Dialect, is identified by almost everyone (91%) as evidence of Eastern Borderlands origin. Among the differential markers, viewers mainly indicate phonetic markers typical of the Polish Eastern Borderlands Dialect (e.g., pronunciations of the type dz’ec’i, ł coronal) or general dialect (e.g. labialization).

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