The methodological assumptions about research into language of villagers Cover Image

Założenia metodologiczne badań języka wsi
The methodological assumptions about research into language of villagers

Author(s): Jerzy Sierociuk
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Sociology, Rural and urban sociology, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: dialect; language spoken in rural areas; research methodology.

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a presumption that contemporary rural areas are witnesses not only to intense transformations of the inhabitants’ living conditions but also very rapid changes to the language spoken by the local communities where the traditionally defined dialects are less and less frequently the major means of communication. 3) The presented research proposal highlights the need for taking into account several premises: collecting in the field lexical material mainly by focusing attention on a specific subject area;2) taking into account various social and linguistic parameters at the stage of collecting the material;for the research, select informants who represent various generations as indicated by the informants’ years of birth; for the purpose of clarity, five generation intervals have been identified;3) the material, subjected to computer processing, should be accompanied by particulars including a few basic parameters that allow to characterise each element in detail

  • Issue Year: 13/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 165-172
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish