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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.
Sommario
INTRODUCTION - CHAPTER I BUKOVINA AS A MULTILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL REGION:
LOCATION OF THE POLISH SPECIFICITY - CHAPTER II BUKOVINA HIGHLANDERS'
MIGRATIONS - CHAPTER III GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE
STUDIED VILLAGES - CHAPTER IV SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF BUKOVINA HIGHLANDERS - CHAPTER V FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE IN SELECTED SPHERES - CHAPTER VI THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LEXICAL DIALECTAL MATERIAL - CONCLUSIONS - ANNEX
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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.
