Synonymy in the seventeenth century agricultural guides by Jakub Kazimierz Haur (nouns) Cover Image

Synonimia w XVII-wiecznych poradnikach rolniczych Jakuba Kazimierza Haura (rzeczowniki)
Synonymy in the seventeenth century agricultural guides by Jakub Kazimierz Haur (nouns)

Author(s): Cecylia Galilej
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Lexis, Semantics, Western Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: synonymy; full synonym; partial synonym; semantic synonym; stylistic synonym

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the problem of noun synonyms in the seventeenth-centuryagricultural guidebooks by Jakub Kazimierz Haur. The research focused on two importantaspects: 1) similarity of meaning between synonyms (the semantic criterion), and 2)interchangeability of synonyms (the criterion of context). A detailed analysis shows thatin addition to the basic distinction between full and partial synonyms there are severalvarious combinations of synonyms that were created on the basis of two main criteria,which are used in a description of synonymy.

  • Issue Year: 18/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 31-50
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish