Naslov
Do they speak Warsaw in Cracow: realization of the phoneme /n/ before /k/

Autori
Sokolić, Nikolina

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Phonetics in Europe. Perception and Production

Urednik/ci
Van Bezooijen, Renee ; Gooskens, Charlotte

Izdavač
Peter Lang

Grad
Frankfurt

Godina
2013

Raspon stranica
263-280

ISBN
978-3-631-63440-0

Ključne riječi
Polish regionalisms, sociophonetics, language change

Sažetak
The standard Polish language allows some phonetic variations to be the indicators of Polish regional language identity. Within that context, the Masovian and Lesser region, with the center in Warsaw and Kracow (therefore often called Warsaw and Kracow region), were described in the linguistic literature as particularly interesting because of their divergent phonetic characteristics that divide Poland in two contrasting regions. Nevertheless, during the 20th century, there were only a few investigations into the position of regionalisms in the contemporary Polish language and during that period the standard variety as spoken in Warsaw became the prestigious Polish urban idiom. Some linguists pointed at the disappearance of some regionalisms, but not urgently enough to initiate investigating the position of regionalisms in the contemporary language. The present paper presents a preliminary investigation into the phonetic realization of the phoneme /n/ before /k/ in Kracow. For this purpose field research was carried out among the inhabitants of Kracow. Kracow pronunciation was analyzed and the results were as anticipated: the typical Kracow pronunciation is slowly changing and adapting to the typical Warsaw characteristics. Two social variables, age and gender, also correlated with the pronunciation change.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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