Maciej Mętrak
Biographic Data
| ID | 6175564 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maciej Mętrak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maciej |
| FAMILY NAME | Mętrak |
| SIGNATURE | MĘTRAK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Polish Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5285-4580 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ideology of collaterality and its impact on minority language communities
A collateral language is a variety that is linguistically close to the dominant language and is therefore denied official recognition, irrespective of its level of development. The low prestige of collateral languages and the frequent view that they are not worthy of protection are closely linked to the ideology of collaterality: the perception of these languages and their communities not as distinct and independent, but as “incomplete” and subor…
Beloved books and contested standards
Language standardisation is often closely connected with the literary process. Literary works, both original and translated, influence the language itself and how it is viewed inside and outside of the speakers' community. The paper discusses the possible influence of translated literature on minority languages in the example of three collateral languages of Poland: Kashubian, Silesian and Masurian. To do so, we are looking at the roles played in…
Język śląski w przestrzeni publicznej
Niniejszy artykuł poświęcony jest obecności w krajobrazie językowym śląszczyzny – rozumianej tu w ujęciu socjolingwistycznym jako język kolateralny/kwestionowany. Autor przedstawia krótko aktualny stan debaty dotyczącej autonomizacji i standaryzacji języka śląskiego, zwracając szczególną uwagę na ideologiczną rolę stosowanych systemów zapisu. Następnie przedstawione zostają różnorodne konteksty użycia pisanej formy śląszczyzny w przestrzeni publi…
Ideological debates around the script of collateral languages
Our paper discusses the modes of creating normalised orthographies for two collateral languages of Poland, Kashubian and Silesian. In both cases, the creation of a literary form is a way of raising their prestige and an argument for their legal recognition. While Kashubian has the status of a 'regional language' of Poland, Silesian is still contested despite large community support for its linguistic autonomy. We analyse how different orthography…
An Annotated Bibliography of Published Works Concerning the Culture of Wilamowice and the Wymysorys Language, 1945–2000 and 2020–2022
This paper, the second part of a comprehensive Vilamovian bibliography, contains a list of 89 publications (1945–2000 and 2020–2022) concerning the history, culture and language of Wilamowice, a small town in the south of Poland, populated by descendants of medieval colonists of Germanic origin. The town is well known for its unusual folk costume and the critically endangered minority language known as Wymysorys. Although the bibliography mainly …
Minority Identities
Introduction to the vol. 19th of Adeptus
Demokracja na burzliwe czasy
Foul-Weather DemocracyThis article is a translation comprising the last chapter and summary of the book Průvodce po demokracii [A Guide Through Democracy], first published in 1997, in which Erazim Kohák shares the experiences of his life in the US and compares it with challenges faced by the new Central-European democracies. This essay describes three fundamental threats the world faces at the turn of the 21st century: demographic, ecological and…
Geniusze, kosmici i dinozaury. Nieoczywiste związki nauk ścisłych i humanistycznych
Geniuses, Aliens and Dinosaurs. Unobvious Associations Between the Sciences and the HumanitiesIntroduction to the vol. 17th of Adeptus Geniusze, kosmici i dinozaury. Nieoczywiste związki nauk ścisłych i humanistycznychWstęp do numeru 17 „Adeptusa”
Bibliografia adnotowana publikacji dotyczących kultury Wilamowic i języka wilamowskiego z lat 2001–2020
An Annotated Bibliography of Published Works Concerning the Culture of Wilamowice and the Wymysorys Language, 2001–2020This paper contains a list of 117 publications concerning the history, culture and language of Wilamowice, a small town in the south of Poland, populated by descendants of medieval colonists of Germanic origin. The town is well known for its unusual folk costume and the critically endangered minority language known as Wymysorys. …
Beloved books and contested standards
Language standardisation is often closely connected with the literary process. Literary works, both original and translated, influence the language itself and how it is viewed inside and outside of the speakers' community. The paper discusses the possible influence of translated literature on minority languages in the example of three collateral languages of Poland: Kashubian, Silesian and Masurian. To do so, we are looking at the roles played in…
Ideological debates around the script of collateral languages
Our paper discusses the modes of creating normalised orthographies for two collateral languages of Poland, Kashubian and Silesian. In both cases, the creation of a literary form is a way of raising their prestige and an argument for their legal recognition. While Kashubian has the status of a 'regional language' of Poland, Silesian is still contested despite large community support for its linguistic autonomy. We analyse how different orthography…
Bibliografia adnotowana publikacji dotyczących kultury Wilamowic i języka wilamowskiego z lat 2001–2020
An Annotated Bibliography of Published Works Concerning the Culture of Wilamowice and the Wymysorys Language, 2001–2020This paper contains a list of 117 publications concerning the history, culture and language of Wilamowice, a small town in the south of Poland, populated by descendants of medieval colonists of Germanic origin. The town is well known for its unusual folk costume and the critically endangered minority language known as Wymysorys. …
Demokracja na burzliwe czasy
Foul-Weather DemocracyThis article is a translation comprising the last chapter and summary of the book Průvodce po demokracii [A Guide Through Democracy], first published in 1997, in which Erazim Kohák shares the experiences of his life in the US and compares it with challenges faced by the new Central-European democracies. This essay describes three fundamental threats the world faces at the turn of the 21st century: demographic, ecological and…
Geniusze, kosmici i dinozaury. Nieoczywiste związki nauk ścisłych i humanistycznych
Geniuses, Aliens and Dinosaurs. Unobvious Associations Between the Sciences and the HumanitiesIntroduction to the vol. 17th of Adeptus Geniusze, kosmici i dinozaury. Nieoczywiste związki nauk ścisłych i humanistycznychWstęp do numeru 17 „Adeptusa”
An Annotated Bibliography of Published Works Concerning the Culture of Wilamowice and the Wymysorys Language, 1945–2000 and 2020–2022
This paper, the second part of a comprehensive Vilamovian bibliography, contains a list of 89 publications (1945–2000 and 2020–2022) concerning the history, culture and language of Wilamowice, a small town in the south of Poland, populated by descendants of medieval colonists of Germanic origin. The town is well known for its unusual folk costume and the critically endangered minority language known as Wymysorys. Although the bibliography mainly …
Minority Identities
Introduction to the vol. 19th of Adeptus
Ideological debates around the script of collateral languages
Our paper discusses the modes of creating normalised orthographies for two collateral languages of Poland, Kashubian and Silesian. In both cases, the creation of a literary form is a way of raising their prestige and an argument for their legal recognition. While Kashubian has the status of a 'regional language' of Poland, Silesian is still contested despite large community support for its linguistic autonomy. We analyse how different orthography…
Język śląski w przestrzeni publicznej
Niniejszy artykuł poświęcony jest obecności w krajobrazie językowym śląszczyzny – rozumianej tu w ujęciu socjolingwistycznym jako język kolateralny/kwestionowany. Autor przedstawia krótko aktualny stan debaty dotyczącej autonomizacji i standaryzacji języka śląskiego, zwracając szczególną uwagę na ideologiczną rolę stosowanych systemów zapisu. Następnie przedstawione zostają różnorodne konteksty użycia pisanej formy śląszczyzny w przestrzeni publi…
Beloved books and contested standards
Language standardisation is often closely connected with the literary process. Literary works, both original and translated, influence the language itself and how it is viewed inside and outside of the speakers' community. The paper discusses the possible influence of translated literature on minority languages in the example of three collateral languages of Poland: Kashubian, Silesian and Masurian. To do so, we are looking at the roles played in…
Ideology of collaterality and its impact on minority language communities
A collateral language is a variety that is linguistically close to the dominant language and is therefore denied official recognition, irrespective of its level of development. The low prestige of collateral languages and the frequent view that they are not worthy of protection are closely linked to the ideology of collaterality: the perception of these languages and their communities not as distinct and independent, but as “incomplete” and subor…
Language and Culture (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · History (5 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (5 works) · Theology (5 works) · Art (3 works) · Education and Cultural Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Linguistic research and analysis (3 works) · Political science (3 works)