Wielojęzyczność i różnojęzyczność – przyczyny i skutki
Pluri- and multilingualism; causes and effects

Author(s): Hanna Komorowska
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: identity; language choice; plurilingualism; multilingualism; borderlands
Summary/Abstract: The chapter contains an analysis of social, national and ethnic identity formation, special attention being given to the dynamic character of group identity reflected in autobiographic narratives of the inhabitants of borderland territories which tend to be delineated not only by state, but also by geographic, cultural and mental borders. Factors are then identified contributing to the development of social and individual multilingualism together with their consequences for the type and quality of interaction. The relationship between the degree of identity cristallization and the choice of a dominant language is also discussed on the basis of selected examples from the history of Central and Eastern European border regions.

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