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Obcy czy inni? Czesi w Zelowie
Aliens or others? Czechs in Zelów

Author(s): Grażyna Balowska
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: categories THEM (ALIEN); OTHER; US; determinants of identity; language and confession; descendants of Czech religious emigrants in Zelów

Summary/Abstract: In the introductory part of the article, categories: THEM (ALIEN), OTHER and US were presented in the different configurations (complementary opposition, triad), that occur in the identity discourse. Then a group of inhabitants of Zelów, descendants of Czech religious emigrants, was presented and the determinants of their identity: language and confession. The article points out that the image of the descendants of Czech emigrants is varying over time: first a homogeneous group in the terms of religion, ethnicity and language, then a group assimilated linguistically and culturally.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 275-288
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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