Krzysztof Kluk’s description of phonetic characteristics of his handwritten homilies compared to the nationwide standardized Polish language of the second half of the eighteenth century (part II: consonant system)

Konrad Kazimierz Szamryk

Uniwersytet w Białymstoku

Abstract

This article is the second part of an analysis focusing on the consonant system of Krzysztof Kluk’s description of phonetic characteristics, based on his handwritten homilies. Kluk was a priest/scientist who lived in the eighteenth century in Ciechanowiec, a small town located on the border of Mazowsze and Podlasie. The author divides the consonant system into two groups, distinguishing features that are consistent with a nationwide standardized language of the second half of the eighteenth century, and other linguistic features that do not fit in the standard literature of the period. In the opinion of the author, the second features have a lot in common with the Polish language of the Eastern Borderlands (especially the north-east), and are layered with regional variations of Polish-language eighteenth-century literature.