Presentation of the Dialect of the Village of Stamirowice in the District of Grójec

Abstract

This article describes the characteristic features of the dialect of the village of Stamirowice in the district of Grójec. The village is situated in the south-western part of the Mazovian Lowlands, on the river Pilica, and lies far from bigger urban centres, which, undoubtedly, favours good preservation of the dialect not only among the older inhabitants, but also among the members of the middle generation who have stayed in their home village. In the dialect under research I observed elements typical of the Mazovian dialect: – transformation of the Old Polish ƍ⥬u, e.g.: drųžek, kśųska, prųski; – transformation of the initial ia- ⥬ ie-, e.g.: ieuoska, ieuufka, as well as of га- ⥬ re-, e.g.; reduo, remiń; – distribution of the articulation of bilabial palatal consonants into polyphonemic groups composed of bilabial non-palatal consonant and a spirant i, e.g.: biouuy, miasto, piosek; – constant retention of "mazurism", e.g.: borsc, copka, dysc, iascurka, mzofka; – using suffix -ak in stem-altering neuter nouns ending in -ę, -ęcia, e.g.: iagńok, kоćоk, ńemovlok, prośok.

Considering its geographical position, the village of Stamorowice has certain language features characteristic of the dialects of the south-western Mazovia: – narrowing of articulation of vowel e in this position before tautosyllabic i, e.g.: ǯiśei, fcorei; – occurrence of certain forms without vowel mutation * 'eT ⥬ 'oT, e.g.: biere, ńese, and without vowel mutation *'eT ⥬ aT, e.g.: vietrok, zapoviedou; – voicing inter-lexical phonetics, e.g.: vieź otalqs, viez mixauovice; – general occurrence of ending -evi in dative singular form of masculine nouns, irrespective of the phonetic form of the stem, e.g.: ǯotkevi, kuńevi, prosakevi.