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NOWE TENDENCJE LEKSYKALNE W JĘZYKU POLSKIEJ INTELIGENCJI MIESZKAJĄCEJ NA WILEŃSZCZYŹNIE
New Lexical Tendencies in the Language of Polish Intellectuals Living in the Vilnius Area

Author(s): Kinga Geben
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Dom Wydawniczy ELIPSA
Keywords: wileńszczyzna; Wilno; Litwa; neologizmy; polszczyzna;

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to outline new lexical tendencies of the selected social group, which have appeared as a result of social-economic changes after 1991. The language of TV interviews has been analyzed in here. The gathered material proves occurrence of the changes registered also on the area of Poland, namely: lexical internationalization, stylistic quality marking and word formation neologisms. It also shows differences in the development of new lexis: there are innovations in phraseology based on neighboring languages, new borrowings, Lithuanian quotations, dialectal and obsolete words are back in use.

  • Issue Year: 2004
  • Issue No: 08
  • Page Range: 64-71
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish
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