Z badań nad nazwami szkół polskich w Stanach Zjednoczonych Ameryki
Report from research on the Polish school names in the United States of America

Summary/Abstract: The article is an analysis of the historically occurring names of Polish schools operating in the United States of America in the last half century. A structure of names, their variants and territorial concentration were examined. The basis of the research was a list of over 150 educational institutions. Over a dozen basic and secondary naming variants have been established and presented. It was found out that regardless of the ongoing changes, modifications and the constant appearance of new terms, the traditionally functioning ones have a strong position resulting from the existing environmental conditions. As part of the considerations, the circumstances of their formation were indicated and the reasons for territorial differentiation were discussed. Obtained results lead to conclusion that the names of Polish schools in the United States will undergo a process of slow modernization, but the basic scheme of building names of institutions that has existed for many decades will not change. Its strength is resulting from the attachment of representatives of particular American Polish diaspora groups to the names existing in a given area and the actual lack of society’s consent to introduce new variants of names.

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