Definicje słownikowe i konotacje potoczne nazwy własność – ujęcie porównawcze
Dictionary definitions and community connotations of the name of property – a comparative perspective

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a comparative analysis of dictionary and community semantics of thename property. The source material are semantic descriptions taken from contemporarydictionaries of Polish and questionnaire answers from students in Białystok (collected in2016−2017). Dictionary definitions of the word propety imply it denotes an object whoseowner may be an individual, an organisation and/or an institution. Having property isregulated legally and socially. The analysed word designates also a right granted to theresidents of a state by the authorities. The studied definitions demonstrate the generalmeaning of the word property. In the respondents’ opinions, the name relates to thesubject and object of possession. Furthermore, the students’ answers display axiological, social and personal aspects of property (the analysed definitions lack these perspectives).The analysis of the lexical material from both sources reveals certain similarities innationwide and popular understandings of the term property. It also identifies significantdifferences, manifesting themselves in the absence (the dictionaries of Polish) and/or presence (the questionnaire answers) of these meanings of the name which displaya relationship between its designatum and human aspirations, values a man has andrisks arising out of the need to amass goods.

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