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<p>In the early through to mid-20th century (before the Second World War), the Jewish population in Samogitian towns was quite abundant; they were generally business owners, and therefore there could have been various relationships between the rural Samogitian farmers and the urban Jews. The paper analyses the material of dialectal texts (recorded in the 1980s through to 2010s) from the ethnolinguistic perspective to find out how the Samogitian attitude towards Jews is reflected in the Samogitian linguistic worldview. The study focuses mainly on the methodology of the Lublin Ethnolinguistic School, in particular in terms of the view that language is directly related to culture, identity, and remembrance. The research revealed that the Jewish ethnic stereotype in the Samogitian linguistic worldview was quite positive, while especially negative evaluation was related to the context of religion.</p>
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In the early through to mid-20th century (before the Second World War), the Jewish population in Samogitian towns was quite abundant; they were generally business owners, and therefore there could have been various relationships between the rural Samogitian farmers and the urban Jews. The paper analyses the material of dialectal texts (recorded in the 1980s through to 2010s) from the ethnolinguistic perspective to find out how the Samogitian attitude towards Jews is reflected in the Samogitian linguistic worldview. The study focuses mainly on the methodology of the Lublin Ethnolinguistic School, in particular in terms of the view that language is directly related to culture, identity, and remembrance. The research revealed that the Jewish ethnic stereotype in the Samogitian linguistic worldview was quite positive, while especially negative evaluation was related to the context of religion.

Jewish Stereotypes in the Samogitian Dialect Worldview

Associate Professor Department of Philology

Klaipeda University Herkaus Manto Str. 84

Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics

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In the early through to mid-20th century (before the Second World War), the Jewish population in Samogitian towns was quite abundant; they were generally...

Jewish Stereotypes in the Samogitian Dialect Worldview

Published Online: Dec 16, 2022

Page range: 200 - 218

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jef-2022-0019

Keywords
ethnolinguistics, ethnic stereotype, stereotypical trait, Jewish, Samogitians

© 2022 Asta Balčiūnienė et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Jewish Stereotypes in the Samogitian Dialect Worldview

Published Online: Dec 16, 2022

Page range: 200 - 218

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jef-2022-0019

Keywordsethnolinguistics, ethnic stereotype, stereotypical trait, Jewish, Samogitians

© 2022 Asta Balčiūnienė et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
ethnolinguistics, ethnic stereotype, stereotypical trait, Jewish, Samogitians