NOTES ON THE POLISH LANGUAGE USED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF EASTERN BORDERLANDS AS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE 18TH CENTURY VILNIUS PRINT INSTRUCTIO COMPENDIARIA DE ACCENTU POLONICO Cover Image

UWAGI O POLSZCZYŹNIE PÓŁNOCNOKRESOWEJ W WILEŃSKIM DRUCZKU INSTRUCTIO COMPENDIARIA DE ACCENTU POLONICO Z XVIII WIEKU
NOTES ON THE POLISH LANGUAGE USED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF EASTERN BORDERLANDS AS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE 18TH CENTURY VILNIUS PRINT INSTRUCTIO COMPENDIARIA DE ACCENTU POLONICO

Author(s): Tadeusz Lewaszkiewicz, Wiesław Wydra
Subject(s): Cultural history, Social history, Lexis, Historical Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages, 17th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Keywords: Polish language of late 17th – early 18th century; Polish language spoken in Eastern Borderlands; earliest Polish dictionary of correct usage;

Summary/Abstract: The Vilnius print consists of 29 articles of varying length (from a few to more than a dozen lines), containing orthoepic notes on spelling, phonetics and partially accidence of the Polish language used in the late 17th/early 18th centuries. It is no exaggeration to state that this Latin print is the oldest Polish dictionary of correct usage. It can be of interest to researchers into Polish historical grammar. This article focuses on chapter 25 which is of special importance for the history of the Polish language spoken in Eastern Borderlands.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 81-1
  • Page Range: 87-100
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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