Charakterystyka językowa polskiej gwary górali bukowińskich
Characteristic features of the Polish dialect of Bukovinian highlanders

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to examine the language characteristics of the Polish dialect of highlanders living in Carpathian Bukovina. The directions of the group’s migration are also presented in a sociolinguistic perspective. The phonetic, inflectional and word-formative features of the Bukovinian highlanders’ dialect were compared with the corresponding ones in the general Polish language. The Bukovinian highlanders’ dialect came into contact with the following language systems: among non-Slavic languages – German and Romanian; among Slavic languages – the general Polish language, Slovak, Ukrainian and Russian. The Bukovinian highlanders’ dialect is still open to influences of the local state languages – Ukrainian and Romanian; the general Polish language has also a big influence on it.

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