Aspekt diachroniczny w synchronicznych badaniach języka mieszkańców wsi (problemy metodologiczne)
A diachronic aspect in the synchronic studies of the language of village inhabitants (methodological issues)

Summary/Abstract: The article demonstrates a different view upon functioning of the language in the environment of the modern village. Field studies show unambiguously a very advanced linguistic diversification of this area stemming – among other things – from generational distinction. On the other hand, one cannot leave unnoticed the transformations concerning the methods of agricultural production and professional diversification of the inhabitants of villages. Linguistic observations are confronted here with findings of sociologists and geographers studying this social group. The opposition included in the title clearly indicates the need of introduction of the methods successfully used in sociolinguistics into the description of the language of village inhabitants.

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