The speech of the Silesians: subdialect, dialect or a regional language (with reference to the attempted change of the legal status) Cover Image

Mowa Ślązaków – gwara, dialekt czy język regionalny (w związku z próbą zmiany statusu prawnego)
The speech of the Silesians: subdialect, dialect or a regional language (with reference to the attempted change of the legal status)

Author(s): Jadwiga Wronicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Silesia; subdialect; dialect; regional language; legal status

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses a bill submitted to the Polish Parliament on recognition of the speech of the inhabitants of Upper Silesia as a regional language, and demonstrates that the said speech is a subdialect Of the Silesian dialect of Polish.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 173-184
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish