The Name of the Town 'Skalbmierz' in the Novella and "Szkalmierz" in the Handwritten Dictionary of Dialects by Adolf Dygasiński in the Light of the Origin of the Toponym and the Source Documentation Cover Image

Nazwa miejscowa 'Skalbmierz' w noweli i "Szkalmierz" w rękopiśmiennym słowniczku gwarowym Adolfa Dygasińskiego w świetle genezy toponimu i dokumentacji źródłowej
The Name of the Town 'Skalbmierz' in the Novella and "Szkalmierz" in the Handwritten Dictionary of Dialects by Adolf Dygasiński in the Light of the Origin of the Toponym and the Source Documentation

Author(s): Elżbieta Koniusz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie

Summary/Abstract: The author discusses the nineteenth-century variants of the toponym Skalbmierz/ Szkalmierz that occur in the works of Adolf Dygasiński: a novella whose action takes place in Skalbmierz, and the title of the manuscript of Słowniczek gwarowy od Szkalmierza [Dictionary of Dialectsof Szkalmierz] given to Jan Karłowicz. The name of the town Skalbmierz (currently in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship) was well known to the writer since his childhood and youth. The author tries to determinate why Dygasiński used both variants of the toponym. The article presents the origins, and phonetic development of the toponym as well as source documentation. It also explains which of the variants is historically justified.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 149-156
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish
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