ANTROPONIMY W KOLęDACH POLSKICH XVII I XVIII WIEKU
Antroponyms in Polish Carols of the 17th and 18th Century

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the description is approximately 300 antroponyms included in one of the biggest collection of carols left from the 17th and 18th century. The analyzed names of people have been classified into two sets: 1) antroponyms associated with Biblical and broadly with church situations (the names of Biblical characters and Catholic saints) and 2) the names of shepherds, their wives and nuns of Cracow Carmelite convent. The most numerous and linguistically interesting turned out to be the collection of shepherds' names, which mainly consists of one-unit antroponyms (usually diminutives) and apparently less numerous are two-unit origin defining names or nicknames.

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