House and farm buildings in Polish dialect in the village of Wójtowce in Podolia Cover Image

Dom i zabudowania gospodarskie w polskiej gwarze wsi Wójtowce na Podolu
House and farm buildings in Polish dialect in the village of Wójtowce in Podolia

Author(s): Viktoriia Cherniak
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: Polish dialect; thematic groups; borrowings; synonymic pairs

Summary/Abstract: This article presents vocabulary related to residential house, farm buildings and also with their associated objects (284 words). The material is divided into 5 thematic groups (subgroups are separated in some of them): house definition (specification) and its elements (47 words), equipment and articles (87 words), farm buildings (43 words), household equipment and tools (46 words), actions connected with work in the household (61 words). The analysis of vocabulary shows that common words form the largest group – 127 (45%), while native Polish words constitute 90 lexemes (32%), Ukrainian and/or Russian borrowings – 67 (23%). Synonymic pairs which consist of native Polish words/common words and Ukrainian and/or Russian borrowings are also shown. Notes about word formation are also provided.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 67
  • Page Range: 19-36
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish