Rana w językach świata
Rana in the Languages of the World
Author(s): Rafał MolenckiSubject(s): Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: arbitrariness; homonymy; etymology; lexical change; rana
Summary/Abstract: In accordance with the saussurean principle of arbitrariness of the linguistic sign the word rana has manifold senses in the languages of the world. From among numerous examples the author pays special attention to the Romance rana ‘frog’ and the Slavonic (in particular Polish) rana ‘wound’. The discussion concerns the earliest attestations of the word in Old Polish, modern phrases and collocations, cross‑linguistic literary and cultural associations and homonyms.
Journal: Rana. Literatura – Doświadczenie – Tożsamość
- Issue Year: 1/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 13-28
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Polish
