Języki, kultury i religie zapisane w zamowach białoruskich
Languages, cultures and religions recorded in Belarusian zamowy

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the lexical material stored in the Belarusian zamowy, referringto the names of holidays, prayers, designations of the sacred and clergy portaits, aswell as the names and nationalities. Documentation, coming from two sets of Belarusianzamowy, whose addresses are given in the list of references, shows clearly that in thesetexts (usually with a classic construction, important for those telling them) preserved tracesof multilingualism, different religions and dialects, as well as the information about thenationalities residing in the area. In some lexemes (or groups of lexemes) mixing of twoor three languages can be traced, as well as mixing literary language, general (Polish) withthe Belarusian dialect, which according to the author of the text is the result of the historyof the study area. All this information was able to be preserved in zamowy due to, amongother things, the fact that those słowa or szepty, as they were called, had strictly definedstructure, and must have included certain, and no other lexemes in a particular order.

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