THE SOVIET POLISH LANGUAGE IN THE RUSSIAN-POLISH
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Polszczyzna radziecka na kartach Słownika rosyjsko-polskiego Józefa Krasnego
THE SOVIET POLISH LANGUAGE IN THE RUSSIAN-POLISH DICTIONARY OF JÓZEF KRASNY

Author(s): Michał Sobczak
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: interwar period; the Soviet Polish language; ethnic policy of the Soviet authorities; Russicism; the Russian-Polish dictionary of Józef Krasny

Summary/Abstract: This article concerns a specific language-code that was used by the Poles livingin the territory of the Soviet Union in the interwar period. The introductory sectionoutlines the history of the Polish minority in the USSR, discusses the major premisesof the ethnic policy of the Soviet authorities employed with respect to ethnic minoritiesand presents the features of the Soviet Polish language. The empirical section is focusedon the analysis of the entries from the Russian-Polish dictionary of Józef Krasny.It is established that the equivalents of the Russian units placed in this dictionary areclassified to the Soviet Polish language. This aspect is seen on the lexical, inflectiveand syntactic grounds.

  • Issue Year: 2/2016
  • Issue No: XVIII
  • Page Range: 83-94
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish