O ROKU ÓW!... MALY MICKIEWICZOWSKI RAPORT SKRZYDLATOLOGICZNY
O roku ów!... A Brief Report on Mickiewiczian Winged Words

Summary/Abstract: 150th anniversary of Adam Mickiewiczís death has become an occasion to check which of the winged words of the national Polish poet function in the journalistic area of contemporary Polish public discourse and how 240 units have been distinguished and compared with the selection of Mickiewiczian words used in Skrzydlate s³owa (Winged Words) by H. Markiewicz and A. Romanowski as well as in three dictionaries of Polish. The comparison has led to the following conclusions: 1. most winged words of Mickiewiczian origin have not been registered in dictionaries of standard Polish; 2. the meanings of most Mickiewiczian words have not been defined, and those which have been defined need to be re-defined; 3. Mickiewiczian words have different usage in the Polish discourse and appear in various formal and semantic forms. Due to their significant role in Polish language and in Polish culture code, they need to be fully listed, defined and introduced into dictionaries of standard and specialized Polish.

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