Niezatarte ślady : Profesor Alina Kowalska (1932-2001)

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the academic profile of Professor Alina Kowalska and to commemorate her as a researcher engaged in scholarly work at the University of Silesia. She was among the people who built the Institute of Polish Studies in Katowice (and earlier in Sosnowiec) from the ground up, and therefore determined its character. Her research interests pivoted around two mutually intertwined issues: the evolution of the general language and evolution of the Silesian Polish in particular. Over time, she started to pay more and more attention to the issues of the Silesian region. Her works were characterized by diligence in language documentation and by research objectivity.