Vocabulary concerning customs and rituals as prolegomena to the research into the current state of dialects of the Ukrainian community in Warmia and Mazury Cover Image

Słownictwo z zakresu zwyczajów i obrzędów jako przyczynek do badań współczesnego stanu gwar społeczności ukraińskiej na Warmii i Mazurach
Vocabulary concerning customs and rituals as prolegomena to the research into the current state of dialects of the Ukrainian community in Warmia and Mazury

Author(s): Mirosława Czetyrba-Piszczako
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Warmia and Mazury; Ukrainian dialect; bilingualism; linguistic assimilation; traditions customs

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the speech of the Ukrainian community in Warmia and Mazury after65 years of its existence in an alien linguistic milieu, which additionally has not been conducive toits religious, political and cultural life.It was the aim of the author to determine the present state of Ukrainian dialects in the constantly growing linguistic pluralism which leads to linguistic assimilation. The research material wascollected in the group of respondents who were interviewed by the author. The author limited therange of conversation topics to vocabulary connected with cultivating customs and traditions of different festivals as well as rituals connected with wedding, baptism and funeral.The performed analysis shows that the processes of assimilation threaten both city dwellersas well as villagers. Still, in villages these processes are less visible and even postponed by one generation.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: XX
  • Page Range: 157-167
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish