Macaronic writing by young Belarusian poets: the attractions of english ‘barbarisms’

• Authors: McMillin Arnold
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The English language, for various reasons, is very attractive to many young Belarusian poets, who use it for adornment, humour, rhyme or even in acrostic verses. Occasional successes are greatly outnumbered by failures, due to errors in English grammar (something that is not confined to Belarusian poets) and, particularly, misunderstandings about the differences between English and Belarusian phonology. The hidden difficulties of the English language are frequently revealed in macaronic verse, at least to English readers.

Keywords

EN

Belarus; Poetry; English; Mixture; Difference; Swearing; Puns

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego
• Journal: Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 197-207

Dates

published

2016-11-30

Contributors

author

McMillin Arnold

• UCL London

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Identifiers

ISSN

2081-1128