LEKSEM WOLNOŚĆ W PUBLICYSTYCZNYCH TEKSTACH INSUREKCYJNYCH (1794)
The Lexeme wolność (Freedom) in Publicist Insurrection Texts (1794)

Summary/Abstract: The analyzed lexeme features in the text of the main insurrection slogan: wolność - całość - niepodległość (freedom - wholeness - independence). In the situation of lost independence, freedom was the superior value for the Polish, evoking specific emotions and motivating to the uprising. Publicists of those times connected the idea of freedom with Christian principles of faith, religion and the Church. Freedom was often the object of metaphors. The lexeme was confirmed in numerous sentences as well.

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