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Historia – kultura – język. O mechanizmach rozwoju polszczyzny
History – culture – language. Mechanisms of language development: The case of Polish

Author(s): Stanisław Dubisz
Subject(s): Cultural history, Historical Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Dom Wydawniczy ELIPSA
Keywords: history; culture; language; language evolution; mechanisms of development of the Polish language; extralinguistic; language-external; language-internal factors;

Summary/Abstract: Interpreting the myth of the Tower of Babel enables us to capture the general mechanism of language development: an event/experiences/history - cultural changes - linguistic changes i.e., an extra-linguistic phenomenon - external language changes - internal language changes. Among the most common extralinguistic phenomena are migrations, political events, supernatural and civilization-driven events.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 11-22
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish
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