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Informacja o badaniach terenowych w rejonie postawskim obwodu witebskiego na Białorusi
Information about field research in postavsky district of vitebsk region in Belarus

Author(s): Olga Gouchtcheva
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: dialectology; sociolinguistics; identity

Summary/Abstract: The article begins with a brif presentation of this multiethnic and multicultural region (main historical events, towns and villages, churches of different religions). An interdisciplinary field research in Postavsky district was conducted in July–August 2011. The aim of the research was gathering data concerning sociocultural aspects of local Polish community life, such as identity, historical memory, sociolinguistic situation, national stereotypes, system of values. The main method was an inter¬view. We based on two dialectological questionnaires while examining the local Polish and Belarusian vocabulary. The interview records with a brif description of contents will be available on internet site of Fundacja Slawistyczna and it will be useful for different humanists such as dialectologists, sociolinguists, etnologists, sociologists, historians.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 139-145
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish
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