Helena Krasowska: Polish Highlanders in Carpathian Bukovina. A Sociolinguistic and Lexical Study (= Sprach- und Kulturkontakte in Europas Mitte. Studien zur Slawistik und Germanistik, Band 18). Peter Lang – Berlin, Bruxelles, Chennai, Lausanne, New York, Oxford, 2024. 368 pp., 6 fig. b/w, 29 tables.
ISBN 978-3-631-87730-2 (Hardcover)
eISBN 978-3-631-92325-2 (PDF)
eISBN 978-3-631-92326-9 (ePUB)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3726/b22094

About the book
The book scrutinizes the language of Polish-origin Highlanders living in Carpathian Bukovina. Krasowska has personal, direct knowledge of the life, culture, customs, and behaviors of the group. Among many interesting conclusions she draws from the analysis, she considers how the influence of different languages spoken in Bukovina affects the vocabulary from specific thematic spheres, for example the religious vocabulary, vocabulary connected to logging and terrain, popular foods, clothing, farming and animal breeding, or official (state) vocabulary. A significant part of the Highlanders’ vocabulary are “carpathisms,” namely words used in different regions of the Carpathians.

Keywords
Bukovina Highlanders – Polish Highlanders – multilingualism – lexical borrowings – Poles abroad – linguistic contact

Contents

    INTRODUCTION

    1. Objective and Scope of the Dissertation
    2. Method
    3. State of Research on the Polish Dialects in Bukovina

    CHAPTER I BUKOVINA AS A MULTILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL REGION: LOCATION OF THE POLISH SPECIFICITY

    1. About the Name Bukowina
    2. Bukovina as a Geographical and Administrative Unit
    3. Bukovina’s Ethnic and Linguistic Composition
    4. Polish Minority in Bukovina

    CHAPTER II BUKOVINA HIGHLANDERS’ MIGRATIONS

    1. Highlanders in the Čadca Region
    2. Highlanders in Bukovina
    3. Bukovina Highlanders in Former Yugoslavia
    4. The Highlanders’ Migrations from Yugoslavia to America
    5. Bukovina Highlanders After the Second World War

    CHAPTER III GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDIED VILLAGES

    1. Stara Huta: Historic, Political, and Administrative Changes
    2. Terebleche: Between Two Countries
    3. Nyzhni Petrivtsi: Administrative Changes Over the Years
    4. Solonețu Nou: Geographical Location and National Affiliation
    5. Pleșa: A Village Forgotten by the Government
    6. Poiana Micului: a Village Destroyed and Reborn

    CHAPTER IV SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF BUKOVINA HIGHLANDERS

    1. Past and Current Languages in Contact
    2. Language Interferences in Bukovina Highlanders’ Dialect
    3. Bilingualism, Multilingualism, and Diglossia
    4. Choice of Language Code
    5. Primary and Secondary Languages

    CHAPTER V FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE IN SELECTED SPHERES

    1. Situation of the Polish Language in the Domestic Environment
    2. The Language of Communicating With Neighbors
    3. Language in the Religious Sphere
    4. Polish Language in Education
    5. The Language of State Institutions
    6. The Prestige and Functions of the Bukovina Highlanders’ Polish in a Multilingual Environment
    7. Elements of National and Linguistic Identity

    CHAPTER VI THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LEXICAL DIALECTAL MATERIAL

    1. Research Tools
    2. Method and Scope of Field Research
    3. Scope of Collected Lexical Material
    4. Method of Vocabulary Preparation
    5. Analysis of the Material
    5.1. People and Their Features
    5.2. People at Home
    5.3. People at Work
    5.4. Social and Spiritual Culture
    5.5. People’s Environment

    CONCLUSIONS

    ANNEX

    1. Dialectal Texts
    2. Characteristics of the Informants
    3. Abbreviations
    3.1. Abbreviations of Names of Locations
    3.2. Abbreviations of Literature and Sources
    4. Bibliography
    5. List of Tables, Diagrams, and Charts
    6. Index of Names
    7. Index of Notions

About the author
Helena Krasowska is Professor of Slavic Studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences, who has published nearly 100 articles, 9 monographs, and 8 co-authored books, focused on dialectology, sociolinguistics, ethnology, folklore studies, borderlands, and national minorities. She is fascinated by the multiculturalism and multilingualism of Bukovina.

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