Phonetic Regionalisms in Jan Kurmin’s {Polish-Latin-Latvian Dictionary}. Vowels Cover Image

Regionalizmy fonetyczne w {Słowniku polsko-łacińsko-łotewskim} Jana Kurmina. Wokalizm
Phonetic Regionalisms in Jan Kurmin’s {Polish-Latin-Latvian Dictionary}. Vowels

Author(s): Jadwiga Waniakowa
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Lexis
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: polszczyzna kresowa; słowniki przekładowe; leksykografia XIX wieku; fonetyka; Polish language of the Eastern Borderland; dictionaries; lexicography of XIX century; phonetic

Summary/Abstract: This article is dedicated to the {Polish-Latin-Latvian dictionary} published in 1858 inWilno/Vilnius. This trilingual lexicon is not known in Poland, although it has a significantposition in Latvian lexicography. In the first part of the article the author presentsinformation about the dictionary and its maker. In the second part phonetic regionalisms(such as: erring {o : ó, i : y, 'a to 'e} alternation, vowel reduction and different implementationsof nasal vowels) are characterized. In the author’s opinion these features have a lotin common with north-east Polish language of the Eastern Borderlands.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 68
  • Page Range: 387-394
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish