Ehemalige deutsche Sprachinsel in der heutigen Sprachlandschaft am Beispiel von Schönwald in Schlesien
Former German Language Island in Today’s Linguistic Landscape: The Example of Schönwald in Silesia

Author(s): Artur Tworek
Subject(s): Language studies, Sociolinguistics, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Društvo germanista u Bosni i Hercegovini (DGuBiH) / Germanistenverband in Bosnien-Herzegowina (GViBH)
Keywords: German language island; Silesia; German-Polish language contacts; linguistic landscape;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the following article is to show how traces of the former German language island are manifested within the modern linguistic landscape of Schönwald/Bojków, an Upper Silesian settlement, in the context of the dominant Polish language. This village, which functioned as a German language island until the end of the Second World War, is now a district of Gliwice in the Upper Silesian industrial region of southern Poland. Both potential historical remnants and contemporary manifestations are analyzed.

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