Nazwy narodów i innych grup etnicznych w Panu Balcerze w Brazylii Marii Konopnickiej
Names of nations and other ethnic groups in Pan Balcer w Barazylii by Maria Konopnicka

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to present and classify various names of nations and ethnic groups mentioned in Pan Balcer w Brazylii by Maria Konopnicka. The poem includes interesting variant forms, such as Portugał, Portuges and Portugalczyk (for a Portugese) or Prusak and Prus (for a Prussian). Synonymous names referring either to a member of a given nation or to another homogeneous group of people are also to be found in Konopnicka’s poem. This is best exemplified by names denoting Germans, such as: Niemiec, Niemczysko, Szwab, Szwabisko, Prusak or pluder. Various derivatives of the noun Murzyn (a black person), such as: Murzyńczuk, Murzynisko or the mass noun Murzyństwo can serve as other examples. Besides the names of nations, the paper also examines the names of inhabitants of certain regions of Poland. The ones that are brought to attention are derivational doublets, such as: Podlasiak and Podlasianin or Kurp and Kurpiak, metonymic ones, such as Polska and Podlasie (used with reference to inhabitants) as well as prepositional phrases indicating the place of origin by a given river, e.g.: od Warty or od Bugu and od Buga (with a variant genitive ending) or a given location, i.e.: od Sokołowa, z Łęki or z Łęgi. The names of inhabitants coined from the names of locations, such as Łomżyńce, Łahiszyńce or Płocczany refer not only to their inhabitants but also to those living in the neighbouring areas. All the names are provided with relevant contexts, which enables to determine their emotional or stylistic value. Moreover, longer quotations reveal the attitude of emigrants towards themselves and strangers. Adj. M. Czarnecka

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