Trzymając się spódnicy. Szczegół i uogólnienie w słownikowym opisie wyrażeń
Clinging to spódnica (a skirt). Specification and generalisation in the dictionary description of expressions

Summary/Abstract: The author of this paper formulates a thesis that – in a semantic lexicographic description – two seemingly contradictory trends need to be continuously reconciled, namely striving for an adequate generalisation of the properties of the describes expressions and the obligation to draw conclusions from detailed data. The failure to satisfy any of these requirements directly leads to basic errors in the proposed defi nitions of meanings. This thesis is illustrated with examples of expressions falling under the entry spódnica (a skirt) in Wielki słownik języka polskiego (Great Dictionary of Polish) edited by P. Żmigrodzki. This paper primarily provides a critical commentary to the description of the unit _w spódnicy (_in a skirt), which is included in this study and which the author fi nds inadequate and incomplete. In the conclusion part of the text, she presents her own solution to this mini-problem.

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