Język, wartości, granice. Rewitalizacja języka etnicznego w dobie globalizacji – sytuacja społeczności kaszubskiej

Abstract

The European policies regarding minorities include a number of institutionalised practices aiming to protect ethnic languages. When it comes to Poland, these procedures are particularly significant in the case of Kashubians, who are the only group in the country having a.status of “a.community using a regional language”. These legal circumstances justify considering the significance of Kashubian language for the members of ethnic community and its relations to other key values of the group. Analysis presented in the paper confronts the above matters with the results of the qualitative field research conducted in the Kashubian municipality of Parchowo. The analysis focused on the influence of particular institutions (educational, administrative, church) on the process of Kashubian language revitalisation from the point of view of the