„Kłamstwa”, „brudne szaleństwo”, „rozbój na równej drodze”, czyli jak Sienkiewicz werbalizował negatywne oceny i emocje (na podstawie korespondencji prywatnej)
“Lies”, “Dirty Madness”, “Daylight Robbery”: How Henryk Sienkiewicz Verbalised Negative Judgments and Emotions (Based on Private Correspondence)

Summary/Abstract: This article is part of a stream of research on the language and style of private correspondence of Henryk Sienkiewicz. The article contains analysis of expressive lexis that the writer used to verbalise his negative judgments and feelings, which is complex, rich and diverse in terms of both form and meaning. The lexical material which relates to the second – unsuccessful – marriage of Sienkiewicz to Maria Wołodkowiczówna comes from selected letters by the writer addressed to his sister-in-law – Jadwiga Janczewska neé Szetkiewicz. The selected lexis encompasses, for example, words with explicit, implicit and evaluative expression, belonging to different categories of meaning.

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