The Peculiar Syntax Structures in the Polish Language in Kaunas Weekly “Chata Rodzinna” (1922–1940) Analogous to Russian Structures Cover Image

Osobliwe konstrukcje składniowe w polszczyźnie kowieńskiego tygodnika „Chata Rodzinna” (1922–1940), analogiczne do struktur rosyjskich
The Peculiar Syntax Structures in the Polish Language in Kaunas Weekly “Chata Rodzinna” (1922–1940) Analogous to Russian Structures

Author(s): Tamara Graczykowska
Subject(s): Media studies, Geography, Regional studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax, Western Slavic Languages, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Polish press; interwar period; North Polish language; Kowień region; syntactic structures;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the peculiar syntax structures excerpted from the weekly “Chata Rodzinna” published in Kaunas from 1922 to 1940. The language of the “Chata Rodzinna” is characteristic of numerous divergences in relation to obligatory rules of general Polish in a 20–year period between the First and Second World Wars. We can observe many differences in syntax compared to general Polish in discussed period. The most of them appeared under the influence of Russian language. Only a portion of origin syntax structures are demonstrated here; only those that were unknown at the earlier stages of the Northern Borderland Polish language. The author listed 28 peculiar syntax structures analogous to Russian structures. Almost all the features still function in the Postwar Northern Borderland Polish language. 18 structures were registered in the interwar period and only 6 in the Kaunas and Żmudzki sources.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 189-205
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish