Regional languages in Poland against a European background – from the point of view of glottopolitics and ecolinguistics Cover Image

Języki regionalne w Polsce na tle europejskim – z perspektywy glottopolitycznej i ekolingwistycznej
Regional languages in Poland against a European background – from the point of view of glottopolitics and ecolinguistics

Author(s): Tomasz Wicherkiewicz
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: regional languages; glottopolitics; ecolinguistics; language extinction;language revival;

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses and analyses the situation of regional languages in Poland against the background of phenomena taking place in Europe. The phenomena discussed include language extinction, language revival and raising the prestige of linguistic varieties generally considered inferior to recognised languages, i.e. state, national or official ones.

  • Issue Year: 23/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 17-28
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish