Language consciousness of Poles in the Grodno region at the beginning of the national revival Cover Image

Świadomość językowa Polaków na Grodzieńszczyźnie na początku odrodzenia narodowego
Language consciousness of Poles in the Grodno region at the beginning of the national revival

Author(s): Katarzyna Konczewska
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
Keywords: Grodno region; Poles in Belarus; Polish language in Grodno region; language consciousness of Poles in the Grodno region

Summary/Abstract: The article represents the attitudes of Poles in the Grodno region towards Polish language at the beginning of the national revival in Belarus, in the 1990s of the 20th century. Archival issues of the first Polish newspaper of Poles in the Grodno region “Głos znad Niemna” were the source material for the exploration. The data presented for the first time in the literature of the subject will allow for a better understanding of the dynamics of changes in the functioning of the Polish language in the area depicted.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 97-107
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish