Joachim Lelewel as an onomast Cover Image

Joachim Lelewel jako onomasta
Joachim Lelewel as an onomast

Author(s): Urszula Sokólska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Joachim Lelewel; culture of language; onomastics; Dębołęcki; orthoepy

Summary/Abstract: This article is dedicated to linguistic interests of Joachim Lelewel, predominantly to his deliberations on the etymology andmeaning of such names as: Czech, Lech, Wanda, the Geats, Germanic peoples, Lechites, Germans, the Slovaks, the Vandals. Attention was also paid to scholarly references to other texts of strictly linguistic nature and commentaries demonstrating extensive knowledge of linguistics with regard to pseudo-etymological assertions of priest Dębołecki, a seventeenth century preacher.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 273-284
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish