On Several Neoregionalisms Related to Urban Transport in Poznań

Abstract

The article concerns several regional neologisms related to public transport, which appeared in the 21st century in the urban dialect of Poznań. In 2014, an electronic system called Poznańska Elektroniczna Karta Aglomeracyjna (Poznań Electronic Agglomeration Card) was introduced in the capital of Wielkopolska, from which the acronym PEKA was created. The authors discuss and illustrate with quotes from the Internet, respectively, the lexeme PEKA itself and the expressions karta PEKA (PEKA card), aplikacja PEKA (PEKA application) (from 2023), konto PEKA (PEKA account), the word tPortmonetka, the phrases odbić – odbijać kartę PEKA, odbić – odbijać kartę, odbić – odbijać PEKĘ, odbić – odbijać tPortmonetkę and the verb odbić się in the sense ‘odbić kartę PEKA, PEKĘ, tPortmonetkę’, which appeared in the Polish language of Poznań residents in connection with this system. All these words and word combinations are commonly used in local official and colloquial texts. This proves the importance of the Poznań urban dialect as a component of the cultural landscape of the city, reflecting the changes of the contemporary agglomeration.