Strukturalno-semantyczna analiza słownictwa z komponentem nazwy barwy złotej w lirykach Leopolda Staffa (część trzecia)
Structural and semantic analysis of the vocabulary with a component of the name of one color – złoty ‘gold(en)’ – in the lyric of Leopold Staff (part three)

Summary/Abstract: An analysis of the material shows that the poet used such techniques of creating adjectival,substantive and verbal derivatives with a component of a golden color that made it possible toexpress:a) a degree of subduing or intensifying the color (gradual adjectives: goldish (Polish: złotawy),pale gold (Polish: bladozłoty);b) the essence of the colour in relation to an accompanying noun (for example, qualitative adjectives:golden/amber (Polish: złocisty), super golden/amber (Polish: przezłocisty);c) the phenomenon of a color state (using verbs that describe a state: to gild, to shine like gold,to take on a golden colour [złocić, złocić się, ozłacać, rozzłocić]; verbal nouns: złocenie);d) a degree of metamorphosing of synthetic adjectival-substantive forms instead of nominal groups (for example, złotowłosy ‘with golden hair (golden-haired)’, złocistokłosy ‘of golden spikes (ears of grain)’, złotobramny ‘of/with (a) golden gate(s)’;e) adjectives containing two colors (for example, zielonozłoty golden green, modro-złoty‘golden (dark) blue’, krwawozłoty ‘golden blood-red’, złotopłowy ‘golden tawny’);which affected the economy of his poetic expression. Thanks to the above-mentioned techniques the poet created a colorful language to describe animated and inanimate nature; he provided positively valorized descriptions of golden hair of some characters and the beauty of the artefacts that create material culture of the people.

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