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Czeska i polska gwara szkolna – mechanizmy poszerzania słownictwa
Czech and Polish school slang – methods of enriching vocabulary

Author(s): Joanna Mietła
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: School slang; methods of enriching vocabulary; Czech; Polish language

Summary/Abstract: In this paper the author describes the school slang in Polish and Czech languages. The examples used throughout the paper have been extracted almost exclusively from Polish and Czech slang dictionaries. This paper presents methods of enriching Czech and Polish slang vocabulary, especially methods of word formation. The author concludes that derivation dominates in Czech. In Polish is being observed derivation and composition. In both languages occur also neosemantisms and tendency to borrow many new words from other languages, especially from English

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 71-79
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish