Użycie wyrazów pan i pani w funkcji zaimkowo-adresatywnej przed końcem XVIII wieku
On the use of the words pan and pani as address pronouns before the end of 18th century

Summary/Abstract: The article critically examines examples from scholarly literature that have been claimed to represent the earliest uses of the Polish words pan and pani as address pronouns. Through detailed philological and contextual analysis, the authors demonstrate that the cited examples from the 16th century (Rej's Figliki, Kochanowski's Szachy, Górnicki's Dworzanin polski), late 17th century (Petr Michael's phrasebook), and 1766 (actress Prusinowska's letter) do not constitute reliable attestations of this function. The earliest credible examples should be dated to 1781 (Zabłocki's comedies) or Żera's book of anecdotes (after 1773).

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