Tożsamość okiem filologa
Identity through the eyes of a philologist

The pronouns "nasz" and "naski" in autobiographical accounts Masuria and Warmia from the mid-20th century

Author(s): Katarzyna Sobolewska
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Warmian dialect; Masurian dialect; Masurian identity; Warmian identity; collective memory
Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the occurrences and contexts of the pronouns "nasz" and "naski" in the statements of the autochthons from the Warmia and Masuria region. It treats them as linguistic signs of a sense of belonging to a community. It identifies and describes various aspects of this belonging: the relationship with the land and nature, the past, the language, the religion and the system of values shaped by it, the state and its institutions, as well as the dispersed community of the Masurians and Warmians after World War II.

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