Title:

Contemporary sociolinguistic specificity of the Grodno region

Creator:

Konczewska, Katarzyna

Publisher:

Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Date issued/created:

2015

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Grodno ; multilingualism ; Poles in the Grodno region ; Belarusian language

Abstract:

The article presents contemporary sociolinguistic situation of the Grodno region and try to emphasize on its basic elements. The topic has been taken by the author due to the fact that the Belarusian researchers, who focus on the sociolinguistic situation in Belarus usually include only Russian/Belarusian option and rarely refer to Grodno. On the other hand, Polish researchers pay attention primarily to the situation of the Polish language. The article presents the main elements of social language situation, as well as using the key areas of languages and communication taking into accounts the link between language and social facts. Theses presented in this article are the result of extensive research based respectively on: the latest statistics of the National Statistics Committee of Belarus from the last census, passive and participatory observation, several interviews (including biographical) with representatives of various social groups, information on the activities of civil society organizations, as well as known life experience.

Relation:

Socjolingwistyka

Volume:

29

Start page:

149

End page:

169

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Artykuł

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.17651/SOCJOLING.29.9

Language:

pol

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Polish Language of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Access:

Open