Rusycyzmy leksykalne w kowieńskim tygodniku „Chata Rodzinna” (1922–1940)
Lexical Russianisms in the Kaunas weekly “Chata Rodzinna” (1922–1940)

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents lexical Russianisms excerpted from the weekly “Chata Rodzinna” published in Kaunas in the interwar period (1922-1940). Only a portion of Russian-origin words are demonstrated here; namely, the Russianisms which are unknown in the contemporary Northern Borderlands Polish language. 57 lexemes were used in the Kaunas weekly “Chata Rodzinna” (which account for 31% of all excerpted words of Russian origin). Despite the fact that these Russianisms were not permanently adopted in the lexical resources of the contemporary Polish language in the North-Eastern Borderlands, they were recorded at the earlier stages of this variant of Polish. These old borrowings from the Russian language did not survive in the Borderlands probably because they concerned mainly reality-related lexis (political, administrative) linked with the period of the Russian rule.

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