Vilamovicean – A Germanic-Slavic Mixed Language?
Vilamovicean – A Germanic-Slavic Mixed Language?
Author(s): Alexander AndrasonSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Germanic languages; minority languages; Vilamovicean; language contact; mixed languages
Summary/Abstract: The present article analyzes the Vilamovicean language within the framework of language contact. The author studies various sociolinguistic, lexical and grammatical features and properties, which are typical of mixed languages, and which can be found in Vilamovicean. The evidence suggests that Vilamovicean can be defined as a mixed German(ic)-Polish language, relatively advanced on the cline(s) of mixing. Although Vilamovicean originated as an exemplary member of the German(ic) family – and although the bulk of its components are still German(ic) – due to prolonged and intense contact with Polish, the ethnolect became similar to this Slavic language.
Journal: Studies in Polish Linguistics
- Issue Year: 10/2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 57-85
- Page Count: 29
- Language: English