Mazurzenie
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Mazurzenie or mazuration is the replacement, or merger of consonants rendered with 'cz', 'sz', 'ż','dż' with c, s, z, dz, i.e., the shift of affricates and fricatives towards sibilant forms, in a large number of dialects of the Polish language. It is named after the dialect of Masuria. [1]
This phonological feature is observed in dialects of Masuria and Masovia, as well as in parts of Lesser Poland and Northern Silesia, and on the periphery of Greater Poland.
The boundary of mazurzenie runs from north-east to south-west.[1]
[edit] See also
- Ts-ch merger
- Depalatalization
- Sabesdiker losn, shibboleth,- about sh->s merger
[edit] References
- ^ a b Stanislaw Gogolewski, "Dialectology in Poland, 1873-1997", In: Towards a History of Linguistics in Poland, by E. F. K. Koerner, A. J. Szwedek (eds.) (2001) ISBN 9027245916, p. 128
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