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Wpływy składniowe gwar kaszubskich na lokalną mówioną polszczyznę
Syntactic influences of Kashubian dialects on local Polish speech

Author(s): Hanna Makurat-Snuzik
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: language interferences; linguistic influences; Kashubian dialects; syntax

Summary/Abstract: This article is the result of field research conducted in the Kashubian language area. The analysis of the Polish texts acquired during the research showed that on the syntactic plane there is an interference of the Kashubian dialects in the Polish language. As a result of the Kashubian dialects’ impact on spoken Polish, the following phenomena were revealed in the informants’ statements: changes in verb government, the use of prepositions characteristic of Kashubian, and the influence of Kashubian-specificuse of conjunction indicators. However, it is uncertain whether the use of genetivus partitivus, the frequent repetition of the subject, and the frequent use of the attributive expressed by an indicating pronoun, can be considered as interferences of Kashubian dialects in the Polish language because these features are also characteristic of everyday Polish.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 50
  • Page Range: 63-76
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish