On Diffusion of the Local Dialect Lexemes to the Internet Language Cover Image

O przenikaniu słownictwa gwarowego do języka Internetu
On Diffusion of the Local Dialect Lexemes to the Internet Language

Author(s): Renata Kucharzyk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: polszczyzna potoczna; gwary polskie; leksyka ekspresywna; colloquial Polish; Polish local dialects; expressive lexis

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the occurrence of local dialect lexemes in the language of the Internet. While the use of local dialects is decreasing, the local dialect lexis has not disappeared completely. Analysing the Internet users’ posts, one may notice that certain dialectal words are still in use. The analyzed material encompasses one hundred words excerpted from weblogs and comments published on online message boards.The author takes into account two aspects of the phenomenon of diffusion of the localdialect lexemes to the Internet language, namely: the semantic and the orthographic aspect.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 69
  • Page Range: 285-298
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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