L’influsso polacco “nascosto” nel lessico italiano: non solo "mazurka" e "zloty"
The “hidden” Polish Influence in Italian Vocabulary: Not Only Mazurka and Zloty

Author(s): Gianluca Biasci
Subject(s): Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: vocabulary; lexicography; etymology; loanwords; polonisms
Summary/Abstract: This essay aims to shed new light on the “hidden” contributions of the polish language and culture in the formation of Italian vocabulary. The survey involves both lexicographical repertoires and the language of the Internet, from which it is possible to draw terms that our dictionaries even ignore, such as polonismo and polacchismo. To the point of realizing that not even a very Italian, indeed very Neapolitan dessert, such as babà, is immune from the Polish linguistic (and gastronomic) contribution.

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