Sfery użycia języków polskiego i „ruskiego” na terenach polsko-ruskiego pogranicza kulturowego w XVIII wieku (na materiale druków typografii bazyliańskich)

Abstract

Eastern lands of the former Republic of Poland have always been multicultural and multilingual. In the 18th century there existed together languages: Old Church Slavonic, German, Lithuanian, French, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Rus’, Latin. Basilians printed texts in all those, so as to reach the greatest number of readers. It is important to marc, however, that in everyday communication were used only Polish and Rus’ languages (prosta mova). Other languages had been used in the literature, science, religious life. That is why the purpose of this article is to analyze the content of Polish and Rus’ language prints. This analysis is a basis to compare the scope of use of these languages. It can also be a valuable measure of the demand of Polish and Rus’ language readers for different type of texts. The analysis can lead to more complete picture of the eighteenth-century cultural and sociolinguistic situation of eastern part of former Republic of Poland.