Sportswoman, sportowczyni, sportówka... Problematyczne nazwy kobiety uprawiającej sport
Sportswoman, sportowczyni, sportówka... Problematic Polish names for a woman who does sports

Summary/Abstract: When in the 19th century women began to show greater interest in physical activity than in previous cen­ turies, it was necessary to create or borrow the name of a woman practicing sports, or one passively inter­ ested in this field of activity. There are several synonyms in Polish: sportswoman/sportswomen, sportsmanka/ sportsmenka, sportswomanka/sportswomenka, sportówka, sportowczyni, sportowniczka. Although most names have a history of more than a hundred years, to this day, they raise doubts of correctness in users. The article discusses the functioning of these synonyms in both old and modern dictionaries of the Polish lan­ guage, in the theoretical linguistic studies and in the communication circuit based on texts contained in the POLONA library and to a lesser extent on the Internet in a diachronic and synchronic perspective.

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