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With the major migration wave over the last decade, triggered by Poland鈥檚 EU accession and the opening up of the labour market, the Polish population in the UK and Ireland has risen substantially.聽

Paradoxically, the first language of the Poles may be at risk of decline and attrition. For one thing, as a minority language, Polish is 鈥渟urrounded鈥� by English (and other languages in the speech community). The new migrants aim at learning or improving their English, and thus support their integration in the new environment. The maintenance of the native language may be (temporarily) neglected, and, if not, it requires much effort.

The lecture will be presented by聽Professor Agnieszka Kie艂kiewicz-Janowiak who will address problems related to the maintenance of Polish in the UK鈥檚 and Ireland鈥檚 migrant populations, and discuss ways of researching the social aspects of L1 attrition.

The lecture will be followed by a wine reception in the Masaryk SCR (16 Taviton Street).

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