Dialectal suffixes -ok [-ak], -oc/-ac [-acz], -ula and -ka in Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej) by Józefa Kobylińska Cover Image

Gwarowe sufiksy… -ok [-ak], -oc/-ac [-acz], -ula i -ka w Słowniku gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej) Józefy Kobylińskiej
Dialectal suffixes -ok [-ak], -oc/-ac [-acz], -ula and -ka in Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej) by Józefa Kobylińska

Author(s): Maciej Mączyński
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Morphology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: dialectal word formation; expressivity of a dialect; names of people; linguistic axiology

Summary/Abstract: Dialectal suffixes -acz [-oc], -ak [-ok], -ula and -ka in zagórzański dialect usually form pejorative names of people. Among female names, a special example is the suffix -ula, which is either non-existent in other dialects, or has a different function (forms names of wives or cows). By means of the words built with the use of these suffixes, language users make assessments and express critical attitude towards others.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 117-127
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish