Proverbs in {Nowy dykcjonarz} by Michał Abraham Trotz Cover Image

Przysłowia w {Nowym dykcjonarzu} Michała Abrahama Trotza
Proverbs in {Nowy dykcjonarz} by Michał Abraham Trotz

Author(s): Beata Kuryłowicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: XVII wiek; XVIII wiek; paremiologia; leksykografia; słowniki wielojęzyczne; the seventeenth century; the eighteenth century; paremiology; lexicography; multilingual dictionaries

Summary/Abstract: The article presents proverbs proper excerpted from {Nowy dykcjonarz} by M.A. Trotz, and characterizes them in respect of their form. An attempt is made to find “hidden” proverbs (not marked as such) and indicate the places of their presence in a dictionary article. Also discussed are functions that proverbs perform in the dictionary and factors explaining the richness of Polish proverbs (approx. 800 units) in Trotz’s work.A juxtaposition of Trotz dictionary proverbs and their equivalents registered in Knapski’s {Thesaurus} throws light on changes in proverb structure over a period of more than 130 years.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 68
  • Page Range: 183-194
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish