Acta Albaruthenica

Report on dialectological fieldwork in Podlasie (30 June – 5 July 2025)

2025, Issue 25

Mirosław Jankowiak

0000-0001-6212-1463

Institute of Slavonic Studies of the CAS

Institute for Intercultural Studies of Central and Eastern Europe, University of Warsaw

DOI

10.31338/2720-698Xaa.25.21

Publication date

13.02.2026

Submission date

15.01.2026

Acceptance date

19.03.2026

Publishing model

open access

License type

CC BY-NC 4.0 Int.

Field

Humanities

Discipline

linguistics

Language of publication

Belarusian

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Abstract

This report documents dialectological fieldwork carried out in Podlasie in July 2025 by the Department of Belarusian and Ruthenian Studies at the University of Warsaw, during which students recorded 33 hours of conversations with 24 respondents. The aim of the expedition was to study transitional dialects between Belarusian and Ukrainian and to document local vocabulary and phonetic features in over a dozen localities. The trip enabled an analysis of the cultural identity of the region, which is currently the subject of debate regarding the status of the Podlasie language.

Keywords:

dialectological practices,Podlasie,transitional dialects,research expedition,sociolinguistics,national identity,fieldwork

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