Published: 2023-04-21

Orality of dialects and their lexis

Jerzy Sierociuk

Abstract

This article discusses the issue of a relationship between oral characteristics of dialects with the functioning of the lexis that is specific to them. A dialect, as a speech of an oral community, functions based on an intergenerational message. This influences the “storage” of a significant portion of the local lexis in the sphere close to passive command. This property determines, to a large extent, the limited resource of lexicographic materials, since a considerable portion of the vocabulary is provided by respondents only after a straight forward intervention of the explorer.

Keywords:

dialectal lexis, field exploration, passive vocabulary, orality

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Sierociuk, J. (2023). Orality of dialects and their lexis. Poradnik Językowy, 801(2), 7–19. Retrieved from https://journals.polon.uw.edu.pl/index.php/pj/article/view/1619

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