NIEZNANE „WARSZAWIZMY” Z POŁOWY XIX WIEKU
The unknown words in the Warsaw dialect from the middle of 19th century

Summary/Abstract: The first, more extensive facts about the Warsaw dialect come from the end of 19th century. The synthesis is defined in Dictionairy of the Warsaw dialect by Bronisław Wieczorkiewicz. From the author’s analysis of the contents of The Precise German-Polish Dictionary by Krzysztof C. Mrongowiusz (the 1853-1854 edition) appears the incompetence of this so extremely important work in the field of polish city lexicography. As it appears, Mrongowiusz, under the label Warsch. hides almost 500 native and foreign words, expressions and forms characteristic for the spoken language of Warsaw which are not included in Wieczorkiewicz’s study. The conclusion encourages to further research on the forgotten city dialect words and regionalisms, not only of Warsaw origin, in such interesting sources as historical translation dictionaries.

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