Published: 2022-12-10

Types of non-dominant languages in Europe

Vladislav Knoll
Zeszyty Łużyckie
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.32798/zl.911

Abstract

The main aim of the paper is to discuss different concepts of the classification of non-dominant diatopic lects. The study treats and compares different definitions proposed both by scholars and local legislative bodies. The author confronts the definitions of Normaldialect and Ausbaudialekt developed by H. Kloss with Duličenko’s concept of literary microlanguages, the notions of contested and collateral languages with different understandings of minority and regional languages, including variants thereof. The text is enriched with numerous examples both from the present and the past of non-dominant diatopic lects of Europe.

Keywords:

regional language, minority language, contested language, collateral language

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Knoll, V. (2022). Types of non-dominant languages in Europe. Zeszyty Łużyckie, 57(1), 23–51. https://doi.org/10.32798/zl.911

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