CO MÓWIĄ O JĘZYKU OJCZYSTYM I TOŻSAMOŚCI NARODOWEJ PRACE POLONISTÓW WILEŃSKICH
What Vilnius Polish Language Studies Say About Mother Tongue and National Identity in their Works

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to reconstruct the ethnic identity of the young generation of the Polish living in the Vilnius region based upon data gained from the works of Vilnius Polish philologists. The works include: definition of language fluency level, areas where Polish is used, attitudes towards Polish language and Polish culture in the Vilnius region. The results of the analysis support confirm the idea of the dual Polish- -Lithuanian identity and cultural bivalency of the objects of the research. The conclusions, however, must be carefully observed as the process of identity formation requires application of interdisciplinary tools.

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