Ile radości jest w 'radości'? O modelach uczuć 'w rodzaju radości' związanych z rzeczownikiem 'radość'
How much joy is in 'radość' (joy)? On the models of 'joy-like' feelings associated with the noun 'radość'

Summary/Abstract: The main goal of the research resented in the article was checking models of 'joy-like' feeling that can be found in textual material of medium PWN Polish Language Corpus, where the noun 'radość' ('joy') was mentioned almost 5000 times. As the analysis shows, there are five major models of joy. Such a great number may be one of the reasons why lexicographers find it difficult to make a clear definition of 'radość', which is why they often choose the method of description of the meaning using a range of synonyms.

• Details
• Contents