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Skuodo apylinkių žemaičių kalbinės nuostatos
Language Attitudes of Samogitians in Skuodas District

Author(s): Simona Vyniautaitė
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Historical Linguistics, Baltic Languages
Published by: Lietuvių Kalbos Institutas
Keywords: Northern Samogitians of Telšiai; language attitudes, dialect; standard language; self-awareness;

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the language attitudes of Samogitians in Skuodas district, namely the native dialects and the evaluation of people speaking a dialect. The broad-brush trinomial model is applied in the analysis which helps to unveil different dimensions of dialect evaluation, such as ideal, inevitability, limitation. The analysis presents the conceptions of dialect evaluation and native language as well as the possible connections of psychological distinction.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 75
  • Page Range: 176-204
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Lithuanian
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