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- Title
Z historii rodziny leksykalnej rzeczownika cacko.
- Authors
KRÓTKI, ZUZANNA
- Abstract
In the article lexical units collected from historical sources of Polish language attributed to the word-family of the noun cacko (‘gimcrack') were investigated. The key element of analysis was determined by the semasiological (semantic) method. Starting with etymology it was studied in which ways the particular units acquired new senses, also the character and the function of those shifts as well as the goal of those modifications were ascertained. The above-mentioned lexical units were found to be present in a few semantic categories, seemingly far in the meaning, for example: ‘play', ‘trinkets and decoration', ‘passing goods', ‘good looks', ‘work', ‘caress', ‘eroticism', ‘promise’. The changes that occurred over the years in their core meanings were very fast, most often under the influence of the analogy with the dominating features of the designation or personification. As a consequence of those alterations the decay of semantic unity of the analyzed lexical family followed as well as lexicalization of its many elements.
- Publication
Język Polski, 2017, Vol 97, Issue 2, p60
- ISSN
0021-6941
- Publication type
Article