MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF PODLASIAN DIALECTS IN THE TEXTS OF THE «NAD BUHOM I NARVOIU» MAGAZINE

Abstract

Podlasian cultural and public figures actively support the tendency of creation literature in the dialect language, for example texts written entirely in Podlasian dialects have been consistently represented from 1991 till the present day on the «Nad Buhom i Narvoiu» magazine. This is arouses the interest of dialectologists and opens up new prospects for linguistic research. The article is devoted to the analysis of the morphological features of Podlasian dialects represented in the texts from the «Nad Buhom i Narvoiu» magazine.The specificity of this study includes the thorough investigation of the material source base, namely the issues of the «Nad Buhom i Narvoiu» magazine from 1991 to 2023 (191 issues), in order to identify linguistic elements that the most clearly illustrate the morphological features of Podlasian dialects. The systematization and further characterization of the selected facts were carried out with using the methods of linguistic description and comparative analysis.The results of the study show that the distinct dialect specificity of Podlasian nouns is represented by the genitive plural forms, where the phonetic origin endings –ув, -уов dominates: батькув, гектаруов. The instrumental case of feminine nouns (less often – masculine and neuter nouns of the soft group is distinguished by the endings –ою and –ом appropriately): працьою, сонцьом. Podlasian adjectives are characterized by the consistent functioning of short masculine singular forms – роджани, стомляни – and unstressed neuter, feminine forms and plural forms – золотая, святий. Verbs are characterized by the phonetic origin infinitive suffix -ті and the ending -лі of the past tense in the third person plural forms: накопати, уратовали. Podlasian pronouns are represented by archaic forms and phonetic features: мні, юой. Specific Podlasian adverb and numeral forms have been traced in this study – одсюол, тридцет. The described morphological features of Podlasian dialects indicate their kinship with Volyn-Polesian dialects, as well as a moderate influence of the Polish language.