From the past of the dialects of eastern Greater Poland. Based on the acts of civil status from Golina and Kawnice of 1821 Cover Image

Z przeszłości gwar Wielkopolski wschodniej. Na podstawie akt stanu cywilnego Goliny i Kawnic z roku 1821
From the past of the dialects of eastern Greater Poland. Based on the acts of civil status from Golina and Kawnice of 1821

Author(s): Błażej Osowski
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: historical dialectology; the 19th century; eastern Greater Poland

Summary/Abstract: During the period of partitions, eastern Greater Poland was in a special situation. It was doubly a linguistic periphery, both with regard to the rest of the region and to the major centres of cultural life (Cracow and Warsaw). In the 19th c., the principle “we speak as we write, and we write as we speak” was in wide use, meaning that the manuscripts from those times can be used to analyze the non-normalized language. Based on this assumption, the article discusses acts of civil status from the year 1821 from Golina and Kawnice (Konin municipality).

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 157-172
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish