Dialektologiczne badania terenowe na podstawie kolekcji muzealnej jako metoda budowania nowych kontekstów kulturowych
Dialectological field research based on a museum collection as a method of providing a new cultural contexts.

Summary/Abstract: Dialectological field research in areas with acomplicated sociolinguistic situation requires the explorer to have historical and ethnographic knowledge. This paper presents amethod of examining language contacts in aborderland based on archival materials and museum objects. By using this method, aresearcher learns about new cultural contexts, obtains new dialect material; it also facilitates contacts with the informants. This method allows us to look at museum materials as helpful instruments in dialectological field research rather than only “dead” matter

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