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RÖSTIGRABEN – JĘZYKOWA FOSA W POPRZEK SZWAJCARII
RÖSTIGRABEN – LANGUAGE MOAT ACROSS SWITZERLAND

Author(s): Andrzej Porębski
Subject(s): Cultural history, Comparative Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Sociology of Culture
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Switzerland; multiculturalism; Europe’s cultural history;

Summary/Abstract: One of the enduring characteristics of Europe is the influence of the Roman and Germanic cultures on the continent. Switzerland is a case of these cultures crisscrossing each other. Röstigraben refers to the intra‑Swiss, informal Franco‑German language boundary. Here I analyze the relationship between the two language groups, first from the historical perspective and, second, from the sociological and political perspectives. The main question I ask is whether or not Röstigraben, which runs from the North to the South, splits the Swiss or bonds them. I argue that the dynamics of the relations between the two groups bonds them by not exposing the differences between them.

  • Issue Year: 16/2019
  • Issue No: 58
  • Page Range: 173-188
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish
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