Various forms of derivational tautology in Polish dialects Cover Image

Różne oblicza tautologii słowotwórczej w polskich gwarach
Various forms of derivational tautology in Polish dialects

Author(s): Irena Jaros
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Morphology, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: dialectology; word formation; tautological derivatives; noun; adjective;

Summary/Abstract: The author examined the issue of a derivational tautology of nouns and adjectives on examples from the dialects of Central Poland. Various causes of this phenomenon of a grammatical (derivational and flectional) character were indicated. Some of them were connected with shaping of semantic function of individual formants (e.g. those forming names of places and activity instruments),other with their productivity (e.g. adjective suffix -ny) and also with their influence on more distinct categorial function of derivatives (cf. bornik, gonciarka, kopydło). Some changes were observed in recognizing originally tautological derivatives that are connected with the modification of meaning of words formed with their help (e.g. gąsiątko – gąsię).

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 64
  • Page Range: 87-101
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish