„Zmierzch bezpowrotny?” O gwarze mazurskiej we współczesnych nieprofesjonalnych słownikach gwarowych

This paper discusses the content of amateur dialect dictionaries related to the Masuria region, which have been published in recent years, as well as the presentation methods of the lexical material. It was also pointed to the fact that interest in dialects has increased and the trend for revitalising various dialectal systems has been noticeable lately. The analysis of Masuria dialect dictionaries allowed for the number of entries, applied graphy, method of defi ning the meanings of entries. The importance of the amateur material for enriching the resource of professionally compiled dictionaries was noticed, at the same time indicating numerous shortcomings in the word register preparation method, which arose from insufficient skills of the authors.