Boże Narodzenie w językowym obrazie (na podstawie materiału gwarowego)
Christmas in language image (on the basis of dialect material)

Summary/Abstract: On the basis of dialectal material gathered while numerous conversations with members of oldest generation from 15 towns and villages of central Poland, equivalents of vocabulary connected with Christmas were under research. The article attemps to preserve the characteristic features of rich and varied phraseology and lexis of the language samples connected with Christmas. The phrases discussed are the one of the main kinds of religious vocabulary. The analysis is based on the lexis including: Holy Mass, cult forms, religious practices, Christmas Tree, Holy Wafer, Christmas Eve, Lent Holy Mass, Lent. The analysis shows Christian and secular interpretation.

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