Polish and Montenegrin spirants ś and ź Cover Image

Polskie i czarnogórskie spiranty ś i ź
Polish and Montenegrin spirants ś and ź

Author(s): Robert Bońkowski
Subject(s): Phonetics / Phonology, Comparative Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna w Bielsku-Białej
Keywords: Slavic studies; Polish and Montenegrin language; historical grammar and dialectology; phonetics and phonology; spirants ś and ź;

Summary/Abstract: Montenegro’s independence in 2006 and the introduction of Montenegrin as an official language in the Republic of Montenegro paved the way for institutionalized normative work on the Montenegrin language, in which the phonemes ś and ź officially appeared as full-fledged. Thus, the official Montenegrin language is the only South Slavic language and the third, next to Polish and Lower Sorbian, to have in its phonemic stock the soft spirants analyzed in the paper. The purpose of this analysis is to present and compare Polish and Montenegrin spirants ś and ź in terms of genetic description and their contemporary status. Such a comparison does not ignore dialectal contexts.

  • Issue Year: 2/2023
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 271-279
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish
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