WIELOJĘZYCZNOŚĆ ZRÓWNOWAŻONA? KRAJOBRAZ JĘZYKOWY POLSKO-CZESKIEGO POGRANICZA W UJĘCIU EKOLINGWISTYCZNYM (PRZYPADEK DUSZNIK ZDROJU I HRONOVA)

• Authors: MAGDALENA STECIĄG , ANNA KARMOWSKA

Title variants

EN

SUSTAINABLE MULTILINGUALISM? THE LANGUAGE LANDSCAPE OF THE POLISH-CZECH BORDERLAND – AN ECO-LINGUISTIC APPROACH (THE CASE OF DUSZNIKI ZDRÓJ AND HRONOV)

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the article is to analyse the linguistic landscape of the Polish-Czech borderland with particular emphasis placed on the number and hierarchy of languages existing in the public space. A static study will be carried out i.e. a study of the language(s) of public road signs, names of streets and squares, public-access buildings, signs on businesses and shops, hoardings etc. The research material comes from two small towns: Duszniki Zdrój in Poland and Hronov in the Czech Republic, both aspiring to become local tourist centres. The global vs. local opposition is of importance to the assumptions made in the study because the language will be regarded as a local practice (Pennycock, 2010). In conclusion, the study will examine the thesis that the local linguistic landscape is a testimony to a transition from a monolingual paradigm towards a “post-monolingual condition” (Yildiz, 2012). It will also be very interesting to find out which configuration of the languages can be considered sustainable in terms of the area’s multilingual nature.

Keywords

PL

eco-linguistics; sustainable multilingualism; lingua materna; lingua receptiva; lingua franca

EN

eco-linguistics; sustainable multilingualism; lingua materna; lingua receptiva; lingua franca; eco-linguistics; sustainable multilingualism; lingua materna; lingua receptiva; lingua franca

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Slavia Occidentalis
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 76/1
• Pages: 145-156

Dates

published

2020-11-13

Contributors

author

MAGDALENA STECIĄG

• Uniwersytet Zielonogórski

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6360-2987

author

ANNA KARMOWSKA

• Uniwersytet Zielonogórski

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3525-6025

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/so.2019.76.10