Conversations with God Multilingualism among the Catholics in Belarus in the Late Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries. Sociolinguistic study

• Main Author: Golachowska, Ewa (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 2020
• Series: Sprach- und Kulturkontakte in Europas Mitte 12
• Subjects: linguistics; Agade; Belarus; Białorusi; Boga?; Catholic church in Belarus; Catholics; Centuries; Conversations; Early; Golachowska; katolików; language of religion; Late; mówić; Multilingualism; national identification; Pana; Polish in Belarus; przełomie; Sociolinguistic; sociolinguistics; study; Twentieth; Twenty; wieku; wielojęzyczność; Wydawnictwo
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Summary

The book discusses the sociolinguistic status and prestige of the Polish language and the changes in the national identity of Catholics in Belarus due to the switch from Polish to Belarusian in the Catholic Church. The research shows that the national identification of Catholics in Belarus is changing. The oldest generations most often self-identify as Polish. For those from the middle and youngest generations, the link between nationality and their religion is not obvious as being a Catholic does not exclude a Belarusian self-identity. Belonging to the Catholic Church results from being baptized in the Catholic rite, while national identity can be defined in many ways and re-defined by various life experiences. Catholicism has proven to be a less debated and more durable category than nationality.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (244 p.)

ISBN

b16375
9783631807620
9783631807637
9783631807644
9783631802014

Access

Open Access