TY - JOUR
TI - Vilamovicean – A Germanic-Slavic Mixed Language?
AU - Andrason, Alexander
TI - Vilamovicean – A Germanic-Slavic Mixed Language?
AB - The present article analyzes the Vilamovicean language within the framework of language contact. The author studies various sociolinguistic, lexical and grammatical features and properties, which are typical of mixed languages, and which can be found in Vilamovicean. The evidence suggests that Vilamovicean can be defined as a mixed German(ic)-Polish language, relatively advanced on the cline(s) of mixing. Although Vilamovicean originated as an exemplary member of the German(ic) family – and although the bulk of its components are still German(ic) – due to prolonged and intense contact with Polish, the ethnolect became similar to this Slavic language.
VL - Volume 10 (2015)
IS - Vol. 10, Issue  2
PY - 2015
SN - 1732-8160
C1 - 2300-5920
SP - 57
EP - 85
DO - 10.4467/23005920SPL.15.003.3560
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studies-in-polish-linguistics/article/vilamovicean-a-germanic-slavic-mixed-language
KW - Germanic languages
KW - minority languages
KW - Vilamovicean
KW - language contact
KW - mixed languages