Lithuanian borrowings in Polish dialects in Lithuania Cover Image

Lietuvių kalbos skoliniai Lietuvos lenkų tarmėse
Lithuanian borrowings in Polish dialects in Lithuania

Author(s): Kristina Rutkovska
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Lexis, Comparative Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages, Baltic Languages
Published by: Lietuvių Kalbos Institutas
Keywords: Polish dialects in Lithuania; interaction between dialects; lithuanisms; the Vilnius region;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with lexical Lituanisms functioning in Polish dialects on the Polish-Lithuanian-Belorussian borderland. Lithuanian lexical loanwords are characterized with regard to time and the ways of filtering of these words into Polish dialects. The conducted analysis shows that the majority of Lithuanian borrowings penetrated into Polish by the mediation of the Belorussian language, which can be an evidence of the Belorussian background of Polish dialects in Vilnius and its area.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 67
  • Page Range: 52-77
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Lithuanian