Krajobraz językowy polsko-czeskiego pogranicza jako przestrzeń dyskursu wielojęzyczności — analiza tablic informacyjnych z sektora publicznego
Discourse of multilingualism in the Polish-Czech borderland area: linguistic lanscape analysis

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to analyze the lingustics landscape of the Polish-Czech borderland area as a space of multilingual discourse pracitises. The research material consists of information boards from the public sector which come from several towns: on the Czech side — from Adršpach, Náchod and Hronov, on the Polish side — from Kudowa-Zdrój, Karłów and Duszniki-Zdrój. The borderland is understood in the geographical and territorial sense as a sphere of contact and penetration of various nations and ethnic groups, cultures and languages in the border areas. Changing configurations and hierarchy of language sappearing on information boards testify to both historical past and current social dynamics in the Polish-Czech borderland.

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