The making of a language : the case of the idiom of Wilamowice, southern Poland / by Tomasz Wicherkiewicz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wicherkiewicz, Tomasz.

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Documentation ; 19.

Trends in linguistics. Documentation ; 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German language--Dialects--Poland--Wilamowice (Województwo Śląskie).

German language.

Biesik, Florian, 1849-1931?.

Biesik, Florian.

Germans--Poland--Wilamowice (Województwo Śląskie).

Germans.

German language--Dialects.

Poland--Wilamowice (Śląskie).

Wilamowice (Śląskie, Poland)--Social life and customs.

Wilamowice (Śląskie, Poland).

Physical Description:

xi, 539 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2003.

Contents:

2. Wilamowice as a linguistic enclave 5

2.1. The town of Wilamowice 5

2.2. The history of Wilamowice and its ethnolect 6

2.3. Literature on Bielsko-Biala and other Silesian German linguistic enclaves 13

3. Origin of the ethnolect 15

3.1. The Wilamowicean ethnotheory of origin 15

3.2. Translation of Biesik VIII. Wymysau an wymysojer 19

4. Literature in Wilamowicean 25

5. Florian Biesik 31

5.1. Florian Biesik's manuscript 31

5.3. Florian Biesik's introduction to BiesikI. Of jer welt 41

5.4. Florian Biesik's biography 48

6. Florian Biesik's texts 53

BiesikI. Of jer welt 53

BiesikII. Om mjer 331

BiesikIII. S'wymysojerysze 352

BiesikIV. Dy druzba 355

BiesikV. S wymysojer makia 358

BiesikVI. Dy "saison halykja" 360

BiesikVII. S gre-gre-gregory 370

BiesikVIII. Wymysau an Wymysojer 373

BiesikIX. Dy nojy poterbawa kultur 377

BiesikX. S'wymysojer wunder 389

7. Orthographic and phonetic issues 399

8. Grammatical issues 413

8.1. Syntax 413

8.1.1. Word order 413

8.1.2. Double negation 413

8.1.3. Accusativus cum infinitivo 413

8.1.4. Sequence of tenses 414

8.2. Morphology 414

8.2.1. Verbal forms 414

8.2.2. Auxiliary verbs 414

8.2.3. Inflection 419

8.2.4. Genitive 419

8.2.5. Plural 419

8.2.6. Pronouns and conjunctions 420

8.2.7. Grammatical integration of loanwords 420

8.2.8. Diminutives 421

8.2.9. Honorific forms 421

8.3. Morphonology 422

8.3.1. Umlaut 422

8.3.2. Breaking 422

8.3.3. Other features of Wilamowicean (mor)phonology 423

9. Lexical semantics 425

9.1. Kinship terms 425

9.2. Family names 428

9.3. Christian names 431

9.4. Nicknames 432

9.5. Toponymics 433

10. Language archaisms and dialectisms 437

11. Ethnolinguistic issues 439

11.1. Folk costumes 439

11.2. Folk culture 441

11.3. Weaving industry and trade 442

11.4. Folk mythology 443

11.5. Local cuisine 444

11.6. Religious life 445

11.7. Polish patriotism, anti-Germanism and anti-Semitism 445

Phonetic transcription (first 36 stanzas of Of jer welt) 467

Florian Biesik's texts published by Heinrich Anders (1933) 473.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [523]-539) and index.

ISBN:

311017099X

OCLC:

51223627