About synonymy in dialects in the context of the general Polish language Cover Image

W sprawie synonimii w gwarach – na tle polszczyzny ogólnej
About synonymy in dialects in the context of the general Polish language

Author(s): Jerzy Sierociuk
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: dialect; idiolectal nature of vocabulary in dialects; vocabulary in dialects; synonymy in dialects.

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the issue of synonymy in dialects. The phenomenon is viewed in acontext of contemporary dialectal lexicographic descriptions and the abounding material excerpted from acorpus of a dialect spoken in a single village in Wielkopolska (bukówiec Górny, Leszno county). If we agree that synonymy is a stylistic phenomenon, choice gains in importance as the prerequisite for a synonymic relation. The presented analyses indicate that a proper synonymic relation in dialects occurs only on the level of idiolects.

  • Issue Year: 13/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 215-226
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish