Common vocabulary in the Słownik warszawski ("Warsaw Dictionary") according to normative conclusions in the Polish language in 19th and 20th century Cover Image

Słownictwo „pospolite" w słowniku warszawskim wobec rozstrzygnięć normatywnych w polszczyźnie przełomu XIX i XX wieku
Common vocabulary in the Słownik warszawski ("Warsaw Dictionary") according to normative conclusions in the Polish language in 19th and 20th century

Author(s): Daria Kupidura
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: historical Polish; non-normative lexicon; colloquial vocabulary

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper was presentation and interpretation of words for letters A-N. which in Słownik warszawski ("Warsaw Dictionary") bear common qualifier. Words were compared with the standard language of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It was assumed that common vocabulary is synonymous with colloquial vocabulary and is an unofficial, characterized by familiarly.The analysis allow to reveal that the collected vocabulary shows features that are assigned to colloquial vocabulary: characterized by emotional, negative valuation, anthropocentrism. the dominance of nouns, a grouping of lexemes in a few meaning scope and expressive word formation. High emotionality of vocabulary, many variants of words characterized by dialect and numerous marked alternations of word formation resulted that the vocabulary could not be considered to be correct. Due to the fact that is was not neutral, it can not be used for official business, and thus be considered as exemplary.The analysis shows that the nineteenth century standard language indicated not only incorrect forms, but also indicated the scope of usage of particular words. Language was differentiated in terms of usage possibility.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 93-110
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish