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Dialektalny wariant niemczyzny w Gościęcinie na Górnym Śląsku

2015

dialectologyczynniki warunkujące zachowanie i zanik dialektuendangered dialectsfactors in language maintenance and shiftminority languagesjęzyk mniejszościdialekty zagrożonedialektologia
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Die deutsche Sprache in Oberschlesien am Beispiel des Sprachinseldeutschen von Kostenthal/Gościęcin

2017

As one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, German is not any way a uniform from of communication. The present contribution will deal with German in Silesia particularly the German spoken in the Upper Silesian language island (Sprachinsel) of Kostenthal (Gościęcin). Following an introduction to the historical development of this language island. I will present several particularities of this German variety. The idiosyncrasies of the base dialect of Kostenthal that are reflected in the predominant German Umgangssprache spoken locally today will then be shown.

dialectologydialectalityfactors in language maintenance and shiftSilesiaGerman speech islandsZeitschrift Fur Dialektologie und Linguistik
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