LEXICAL POLONISMS IN SELECTED BELORUSSIAN-LITHUANIAN CHRONICLES Cover Image

Polonizmy leksykalne w wybranych latopisach białorusko--litewskich
LEXICAL POLONISMS IN SELECTED BELORUSSIAN-LITHUANIAN CHRONICLES

Author(s): Katarzyna Grabowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: old Belorussian chronicles; borrowing of words; formal semantic borrowings; semantic calques; structural calques

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the analysis of lexical borrowings from the Polish language occurring intwo Western-Ruthenian chronicles: the first Belorussian-Lithuanian compilation the Supraśl Chronicleand the Krasińskis Chronicle, which researchers classify as the second Belorussian-Lithuaniancompilation. In the article formal-semantic borrowings have been analyzed as well as semantic andstructural calques. The comparison of excerpts from both texts has revealed that the Polish languagehad more influence over the lexis of the Krasińskis Chronicle.

  • Issue Year: 2/2014
  • Issue No: XVI
  • Page Range: 25-35
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish