OD CIEPLICY DO SPA, CZYLI JĘZYKOWA HISTORIA MODY NA BALNEOTERAPIĘ
From Cieplica to Spa, or the Linguistic History of the Fashion for Balneotherapy

Summary/Abstract: Based on the example of words from a selected semantic area 'zakład balneoterapeutyczny (balneotherapy centre) and/or miejsce ze źródłami wód leczniczych (spa centre)', the article presents the linguistic history of fashion for balneotherapy. The position of the latest borrowing spa as a gap filling in contemporary Polish lexical system is depicted in the context of semantic, usage area and connotation changes of notions registered between the 16th and 21st centuries: cieplica, zdrój, krynica, wody, kąpiel, kurort, uzdrowisko, showing decreasing and then increasing interest in this kind of therapy.

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