Russian Formal and Semantic Borrowings Found in {Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego} by Stanisław Dubisz Cover Image

Rosyjskie zapożyczenia formalnosemantyczne w {Uniwersalnym słowniku języka polskiego} pod redakcją Stanisława Dubisza
Russian Formal and Semantic Borrowings Found in {Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego} by Stanisław Dubisz

Author(s): Halina Karaś
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: leksykologia; słownictwo; zapożyczenia; rusycyzmy; lexicology; vocabulary; borrowings; Russianisms

Summary/Abstract: The subject matter of the article are Russian formal and semantic borrowings (lexical proper) recorded in {Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego} (Universal Dictionary of Polish) by Stanisław Dubisz (Warszawa 2003). The analysis of the material found in the dictionary showed that the number and percentage of formal and semantic Russianisms in contemporary Polish is rather small. As far as the number is concerned, in the ranking of borrowings they are on the 7th place (338 units, i.e. 2,06%). The analysed borrowings from Russian found in {Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego} by Stanisław Dubisz are also characterized by a low level of integration with the Polish lexical resource. This is particularly visible in: a) the fact that these borrowings belong to a rarely or even very rarely used vocabulary; b) low derivational activity and rare metaphorical usages; c) predominant monosemy (small number of Russianisms are polysemous); d) the fact that they belong, in most cases, to one stylistic variation of Polish (only sporadically do they have features found in various registers of Polish).

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 53
  • Page Range: 279-290
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish