Disappearing of lexical variations in 16th century Polish language. Variety jenże || który Cover Image

Wygasanie oboczności leksykalnych w polszczyźnie XVI wieku. Oboczność jenże || który
Disappearing of lexical variations in 16th century Polish language. Variety jenże || który

Author(s): Paulina Michalska-Górecka
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
Keywords: normalization; variety jenże || który; lexical subsystem of Middle Polish; typography

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this text is to show the rivalry of two variants: the old "jenże" and the new "który" in texts which were published in the 16th century in Krakow. Samples of these forms were taken from "Słownik polszczyzny XVI wieku" and other texts from that time. Moreover, the article attempts to answer the question which printers in Krakow at that time used both forms and which ones only one form. The collected samples show that the variant "jenże" had to become extinct in the first half of the 16th century, which can be treated as the end of the normalization process started in the previous epoch. Samples from the 16th century (113 uses) are just a very small part of the examined variety (0,1%).

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 180-190
  • Page Count: 11