Cechy gwarowe w toponimach z powiatu tureckiego
The features of the dialect in the toponyms of the county of Turek

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to discuss dialect features in the names of inhabited and uninhabitedobjects in the county of Turek located in the south-eastern part of Wielkopolska Province. Inthe collected data there can be found particular dialect features: phonetic, inflexive – syntax andlexical characteristics of the South-eastern Wielkopolska Province. The toponymy data collectedby field exploration enables the observation of dialect features – in the names characteristic forthe dialect of Wielkopolska Province, such as: Old Polish long vowels’ continuants, avoidance ofprosthetic pronunciation of vowels in initial sound, hesitancy in the grammatical gender. Oikonymsand anoikonyms also preserve former dialect features, e.g. alternation of the morphemes ‘-ow’and ‘-ew’ that are preserved in the suffixes of the names, which primarily authenticate, more thanpresently, the area of occurrence. A feature of the collected toponymy data is also the wider rangeof toponymisation; in other words the supersession of apelatives from the lexical resource of thelanguage and their fossilization in proper names. The names of the places and areas in the county ofTurek retain many lexical archaisms and dialect lexicon. These are also expressive names known bythe residents of the examined area and beyond, often associated with a particular event or a featurecharacteristic of people living there.

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