O przejawach świadomości językowej Warmiaków i Mazurów w pierwszej połowie XX wieku
About indications of language awareness on Warmia and Masuria in the 1st half of the 20th century

Summary/Abstract: This article analyzes statements of the inhabitants of Warmia and Masuria recorded during dialectological research in the 1950s. Observations have been made of opinions and judgments that are manifestations of the linguistic awareness of the population. Numerous statements of this type concerned vocabulary, the ability to distinguish and use dialectal words, national and German. The autochthons also showed good awareness of phonetic issues – here they pointed to mazurzenie (they called them szczypanie ‘tingling’) and the pronunciation of nasal vowels. In connection with the political situation in the first half of the twentieth century, they remained interested in the origin of the native dialect and its relation to other languages (Polish, German) and functioning in society. The statements from Warmia and Masuria also show positive emotions connected with the language, transmitted to children especially by women (mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers).

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