Attitudes towards the mother tongue among Roma in Poland
An assumption shared for years by Romani studies scholars is that the Roma language is seminal to the group’s identity. The text is an in-depth analysis of the beliefs of Roma in Poland regarding their mother tongue. The inspiration for this exploration stems from a theoretical model shedding light...
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| description | An assumption shared for years by Romani studies scholars is that the Roma language is seminal to the group’s identity. The text is an in-depth analysis of the beliefs of Roma in Poland regarding their mother tongue. The inspiration for this exploration stems from a theoretical model shedding light on correlations between knowledge of the Romani language and the Roma ethnic identity, the model Marushiakova and Popov developed with reference to the situation of Roma in Central Eastern Europe. The paper focuses on the question: What meaning do Roma in Poland assign to knowledge of the Romani language in the construction of their own ethnic identity? The authors argue that irrespective of the fact that the mother tongue currently appears to be a key element of group identity, Romaniness contains the potential to reproduce itself even under circumstances of language abandonment and even among the most conservative Romani groups. This article was published open access under a CC BY licence: https://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9b71fdf1ca304326ae1fe7016c645fc62025-08-20T02:15:59ZengLiverpool University PressRomani Studies1757-22742023-12-0133223926410.3828/rost.2023.11Attitudes towards the mother tongue among Roma in PolandEWA NOWICKA0MACIEJ WITKOWSKI1Ewa Nowicka is a full professor at the Sociology Department, Collegium Civitas, plac Defilad 1, 00–901 Warsaw.Maciej Witkowski is an associate professor at the Educational Studies Department, WSB University, ul. Cieplaka 1c, 41–300 Dąbrowa Górnicza.An assumption shared for years by Romani studies scholars is that the Roma language is seminal to the group’s identity. The text is an in-depth analysis of the beliefs of Roma in Poland regarding their mother tongue. The inspiration for this exploration stems from a theoretical model shedding light on correlations between knowledge of the Romani language and the Roma ethnic identity, the model Marushiakova and Popov developed with reference to the situation of Roma in Central Eastern Europe. The paper focuses on the question: What meaning do Roma in Poland assign to knowledge of the Romani language in the construction of their own ethnic identity? The authors argue that irrespective of the fact that the mother tongue currently appears to be a key element of group identity, Romaniness contains the potential to reproduce itself even under circumstances of language abandonment and even among the most conservative Romani groups. This article was published open access under a CC BY licence: https://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0.http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/rost.2023.11Romani languageRoma ethnic identityRoma in PolandRomani language learningteaching ethnic languagemother tongue transmission |
| spellingShingle | EWA NOWICKA MACIEJ WITKOWSKI Attitudes towards the mother tongue among Roma in Poland Romani Studies Romani language Roma ethnic identity Roma in Poland Romani language learning teaching ethnic language mother tongue transmission |
| title | Attitudes towards the mother tongue among Roma in Poland |
| title_full | Attitudes towards the mother tongue among Roma in Poland |
| title_fullStr | Attitudes towards the mother tongue among Roma in Poland |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attitudes towards the mother tongue among Roma in Poland |
| title_short | Attitudes towards the mother tongue among Roma in Poland |
| title_sort | attitudes towards the mother tongue among roma in poland |
| topic | Romani language Roma ethnic identity Roma in Poland Romani language learning teaching ethnic language mother tongue transmission |
| url | http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/rost.2023.11 |
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