Ogólne nazwy złodzieja w dawnym żargonie przestępczym
General names of thieves in the thieving lingo
Author(s): Jarosław Grzegorz PacułaSubject(s): Lexis, Historical Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages, Criminology, 19th Century
Published by: Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża
Keywords: etymology; lexis; history of sociolect; thieves' jargon; history of language;
Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the history of Polish criminal jargon. The author presented 13. names of thieves. He extracted linguistic material from 19th-century texts, but some of the collected units are much older. The author presented the provenance of the names (some comments are just suggestions, hypotheses). Among the names discussed are, for example: andrus, buchacz, labun, szawron, szemrany.
Journal: Język. Religia. Tożsamość
- Issue Year: 27/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 149-167
- Page Count: 19
- Language: Polish