German Loanwords in North-Eastern Polish Dialects in the Second Half of the 19th Century Cover Image

Germanizmy leksykalne w gwarach Polski północno-wschodniej w drugiej połowie XIX wieku
German Loanwords in North-Eastern Polish Dialects in the Second Half of the 19th Century

Author(s): Bogusław Nowowiejski
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: germanizmy; słowniki; gwary ludowe; Polska północno-wschodnia; wiek XIX; German loanwords; dictionaries; dialects; North-Eastern Poland; 19th century

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with German loanwords occurring in North-Eastern Polish dialects in the second half of the 19th century. The analyzed material has been excerpted from four considerably small dictionaries of dialectal vocabulary. Altogether, they contain 4,700 entries, among which 250 are borrowings from German. Various features of the excerpted material are characterized, i.e. etymology, chronology, lexicographical issues, derivational and phonetic aspects.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 69
  • Page Range: 299-316
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish
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