Gwara śląska w zbiorach pieśni Adolfa Dygacza
Silesian Regional Dialect in the Adolf Dygacz’s Collection of Songs

Summary/Abstract: The idea of the following paper is to show that Adolf Dygacz’s song collections coming from different parts of Silesia provide precious data for dialectological studies. The characteristic features of the dialect that could be traced in the lyrics are discussed here. Special attention was paid to differences concerning phonetics in particular that appear in the lyrics and influence the dialect. Furthermore, the study also presents how the specific culture of the region as well as its past are described by means of the special vocabulary. It is postulated that the song collections were used in the school and aca¬demic education. It is also suggested that numerous lyrics of the songs that have not been published yet were prepared for publication. Scholars specializing not only in folklore studies and ethnology but also in dialec¬tology should participate in the whole process.

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