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Zur Sprache der Chronik der Pfarrei Zawada Ks.: Eine korpusbasierte Untersuchung zu deutsch-polnischen Sprachkontakterscheinungen auf der Ebene der Orthographie
The Language of the Chronicle of the Parish Zawada Ks.: A Corpus-Based Study on German-Polish Language Contact Phenomena at the Level of Orthography

Author(s): Daniela Pelka
Subject(s): Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Slovanský ústav and Euroslavica
Keywords: Upper Silesia; German-Polish language contact; corpus; orthography

Summary/Abstract: The Chronicle of the parish Zawada Ks. provides an insight into the older and more recent history of an Upper Silesian parish. Written by, initially only German, later both German- and Polish-speaking pastor, the language of the chronicle illustrates the language contacts in multiple areas. The article focuses on contact phenomena that can be observed at the level of orthography.

  • Issue Year: XXXIII/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 66-100
  • Page Count: 35
  • Language: German