Sybilanty w polskich gwarach wg Urbańczyka

Jabłonkowanie () or siakanie () is a regional phonological feature of the

Polish language Polish (Polish: ''język polski'', , ''polszczyzna'' or simply ''polski'', ) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group written in the Latin script. It is spoken primarily in Poland and serves as the native language of the Poles. In a ...

. It consists of the

merger Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization. As an aspect ...

of the series of

retroflex A retroflex ( /ˈɹɛtʃɹoːflɛks/), apico-domal ( /əpɪkoːˈdɔmɪnəl/), or cacuminal () consonant is a coronal consonant where the tongue has a flat, concave, or even curled shape, and is articulated between the alveolar ridge and the ha ...

sibilant Sibilants are fricative consonants of higher amplitude and pitch, made by directing a stream of air with the tongue towards the teeth. Examples of sibilants are the consonants at the beginning of the English words ''sip'', ''zip'', ''ship'', and ...

s and

palatal The palate () is the roof of the mouth in humans and other mammals. It separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. A similar structure is found in crocodilians, but in most other tetrapods, the oral and nasal cavities are not truly separ ...

sibilants into a phonetically-intermediate series (sometimes written )."Jabłonkowanie." In: Stanisław Dubisz, Halina Karaś, Nijola Kolis, ''Dialekty i gwary polskie.'' Wyd. I. Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna, 1995, p. 62. . It is named after the of Polish (named after the town of Jabłonków in

Cieszyn Silesia Cieszyn Silesia, Těšín Silesia or Teschen Silesia ( pl, Śląsk Cieszyński ; cs, Těšínské Slezsko or ; german: Teschener Schlesien or ) is a historical region in south-eastern Silesia, centered on the towns of Cieszyn and Český Tě ...

). It occurs in a number of other Polish subdialects. The feature is linked to the process of dispalatalization (reducing of the number of palatalized consonants) similar to the phenomena of and ' in other dialects.

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