Schlesische Dialektismen im Roman „Die Verwandelten“ von Ulrike Draesner [PDF]
This paper examines the literary treatment of trauma and memory in Ulrike Draesner’s novel “Die Verwandelten” focusing on the use of Silesian dialectics as expressive tools for conveying traumatic experiences.
Iryna Mykytiuk
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Obstacles to the touristification of historical borders
Short Abstract This article explores the challenges of commodifying historical boundaries in tourism, focusing on the Czech lands' Bohemian‐Moravian boundary. It introduces a distinction between relict and phantom borders and analyses local perceptions through a survey of 454 residents.
Petr Marek
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The influence of German loanwords on the Upper Silesian dialect with a special emhasize on culinary vocabulary [PDF]
Upper Silesia is an extremely important region in our homeland. For centuries, it has been a temptation for many countries, including Poland and Germany.
Tomecka, Magdalena
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“STRANDED ON THE SHORES OF HISTORY”? MONUMENTS AND (ART‐)HISTORICAL AWARENESS
ABSTRACT Can past agents deliberately influence our historical awareness by designing objects’ appearances and sending them to us down the stream of time? We know they have certainly tried to do so by raising monuments. But according to an influential narrative, the efforts of the “monumentalists” are destined to fail: no monument can keep a legacy ...
Jakub Stejskal
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Infants are sensitive to linguistic variation from early in life, yet little is known about whether closely related language varieties elicit differential neural responses already at 4 months and, more importantly, how responses to familiar and ...
Nikola Paillereau +2 more
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Uczta urodzinowa i pogrzebowa w województwie śląskim w świetle materiałów źródłowych Polskiego Atlasu Etnograficznego [PDF]
In this study, the culinary traditions accompanying feasts organized during birthday and funeral ceremonies will be discussed, in particular those after christenings and funerals.
Anna Drożdż
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Silesian language – a terminological or social problem?
A discussion about the “Silesian language” that has recently become more intense is the effect of the Act on National and Ethnic Minorities and on Regional Language adopted by Sejm in 2005, on the basis of which Kashubian language was granted a status of
Siuciak, Mirosława
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Gnój Wojciecha Kuczoka w chorwackim i serbskim przekładzie, czyli o dwóch strategiach tłumaczenia gwary śląskiej [PDF]
This article deals with the Croatian and Serbian translation of the Silesian dialect, which appears in Wojciech Kuczok’s novel Gnój. The analysis includes the dialect stylization present in the source text, as well as the strategies and techniques used ...
Košćak, Nikola +1 more
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Dialect in the literary works of the new wave of Silesian prose writers [PDF]
Wojciech Kuczok and Szczepan Twardoch are prominent writers of Silesian origins. Their opuses, in particular Kuczok’s Gnój and Twardoch’s Drach occupy prized place in modern Polish literature.
Wyderka, Bogusław
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Język reklam i ogłoszeń drobnych w górnośląskiej prasie okresu międzywojennego
The article concerns the history of the Silesian Polish in the first half of 1920s, which is exemplified by advertisements from two Polish papers published in Upper Silesia: “Katolik” and “Polonia”.
Mirosława Sagan-Bielawa
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