East Slavic lexeme “graduśnik” (“thermometer”) in dialects and history of the Polish language Cover Image

Wschodniosłowiański "graduśnik" ‘termometr’ w gwarach i historii języka polskiego
East Slavic lexeme “graduśnik” (“thermometer”) in dialects and history of the Polish language

Author(s): Irena Jaros
Subject(s): Applied Linguistics, Lexis, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: history of Polish language; dialectology; vocabulary; East Slavic loanwords in Polish dialects
Summary/Abstract: On the basis of Polish and East Slavic historical and dialect sources, the author discusses the genesis, history, and extent of the lexem “graduśnik” (“thermometer”) in the Polish language. It is the East Slavic loanword that appeared in the colloquial Polish language in the North- Eastern borderland and in some Polish dialects in the 19th century. It has never surfaced in the literary Polish language. It would always be considered a linguistic mistake. In Polish dialects, the lexeme was noted in Mazovia and Lesser Poland.1