dialect; speech; language; picture of the world

Prezentacja aktualnej mowy potocznej użytkowników tradycyjnej gwary cieszyńskiej, która przybiera postać bardziej polską lub bardziej czeską w zależności od polskiego/czeskiego sposobu postrzegania świata.

The paper presents a part of the research on Cieszyn dialect in the Czech Republic. The question refers to the role of dialect in this area. We state that this dialect becomes the very local type of dialect. This local type of language is based on the dialect and is influenced by different languages and different environmental dialects. The respondents were people at the age of 6 and 7 as well as 15 and 16. The examples of their responses supported the following thesis of this paper: the dialect should be perceived as the mixed speech (mixed language) in the multi-ethical and multicultural environment. In other words, it is the pidgin used for the local, family and regional communication.