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Polish–Arabic–English Trilingualism: A Case Study of Selected Language Biographies

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Polish–Arabic–English Trilingualism: A Case Study of Selected Language BiographiesThis paper utilizes linguistic biographies in order to exhibit the multilingualism of Poles living in present-day Egypt. It presents two model language biographies: a woman and a man brought up in Arabic culture. The respondents belong to the second generation of the Polish diaspora in Cairo and are the children of mixed marriages. The aim of the article is to explore the process of becoming and being a trilingual person, as well as to show the linguistic situation of people of Polish origin in Egypt and their language and cultural preferences in the context of self-identification. The research was conducted through personal interviews.Polsko-arabsko-angielska trójjezycznosc. Analiza wybranych biografii jezykowychArtykul przedstawia wielojezycznosc Polaków w dzisiejszym Egipcie. Prezentuje dwie modelowe biografie jezykowe – kobiety i mezczyzny wychowanych w kulturze arabskiej. Respondenci naleza do drugiego pokolenia polskiej diaspory w Kairze i sa dziecmi z malzenstw mieszanych polsko-egipskich. Celem artykulu jest zglebienie procesu stawania sie i bycia osoba trójjezyczna, pokazanie sytuacji jezykowej, w jakiej znajduja sie osoby polskiego pochodzenia w Egipcie, ich upodoban jezykowych i kulturowych w kontekscie samoidentyfikacji. Badania zostaly przeprowadzone poprzez wywiady osobiste.

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