Russian semantic, structural and collocation calques in Polish subdialects spoken inRussia. Cover Image

Kalki semantyczne, strukturalne i kolokacyjne z języka rosyjskiego w gwarach polskich na terenie Rosji
Russian semantic, structural and collocation calques in Polish subdialects spoken inRussia.

Author(s): Sergiej Skorwid
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Semantics, Western Slavic Languages, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Polish immigrant dialects in Russia; language contact; adapted borrowings;semantic and structural calques; collocations.

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents a study of immigrant Polish dialects in Russia that have been strongly influenced by the dominant language spoken in the area. The author discusses issues related to identifying Russian semantic and structural calques in the examined dialects, in particular differentiating between calques and adapted borrowings. The difficulties result from the close affinity of the Russian language and the influenced dialects, which have a common Slavic root. The article suggests a solution to this problem, namely observing various aspects of calque formation, taking into consideration the fact that the border between the analysed phenomena is blurred and the calques are often firmly bound with certain collocations. To this end, the author introduces the notion of “collocation calques” in order to describe these units adequately.

  • Issue Year: 14/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 199-208
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish