Search

The material basis of the paper is an unpublished collection of 47 sonnets by Wincenty Byrski, a poet from Podbeskidzie region. The author of the study discusses the language level of the poems (mainly lexis) in order to reconstruct the picture of Cracow preserved in the texts. According to the analysis, the poet used vocabulary and morphological forms which were known in the Polish language in previous centuries, as well as pompous lexis. Description of architectonic objects and other urban landscape elements was accompanied by their evaluation, which reflected historiosophy and the system of moral values, preferred

The object of analysis in this paper are fixedword combinations (phraseological units and proverbs) with components denoting names of agricultural tools. They were used to conceptualize numerous ideas connected not only with the appearance of tools and agricultural work done, but also with various aspects of individual and collective life. Most of the analysed phrasemes already belong to the recessive sphere of phraseology. In order to understand them completely, it is necessary to have some knowledge of what they look like, what purpose they served and what kind of work was done with their use, which is not always clear to people who don’t know anything about the village reality.

The paper, inspired by the apostolic exhortation Amorislaetitia (2016) by Pope Francis, is devoted to the notion of tenderness in the Polish language, as compared with its equivalents in other European languages, mentioned in the translations of Pope Francis’ exhortation: Italian tenerezza, French tendresse, English tenderness, German Zärtlichkeit, Russian nežnost’. Etymologies of these words, not only from the Romance languages, but also German and Russian names, are associated with the notions like gentleness and fragility, which refer to the attitude towards another person, expression of the feeling, as well as the gentle way of treating another person. In that respect, Polish differs from the other languages. The image of tenderness shaped by the Polish word czułość (etymologically connected with the verb czuć – tofeel) directs attention to the aspect of sensitivity and empathy with another person, focusing on the condition, situation in which the person finds himself/herself, as well as their needs. It is an important aspect, which is underestimated during the first reflection on this notion, as it is dominated by the meaning of expression of the feeling.

Lexemes "war", "battle" and their use in the modern russian language The notion of “war” plays a crucial role in Russian linguistic worldview. On the basis of the material analyzed, one can observe that the concept of “war” represents a complex mental product which is reflected in various types of linguistic units. The purpose of cognitive interpretation of “war” is presenting how the conceptualizer formulates such a fragment of reality. Semantic fields of the analyzed concept as used in everyday contexts constitute the theme of the paper. Material used was extracted from Russian dictionaries with explainations and confronted with everyday use of given lexis in war literature and periodicals. In recent years, the notion of Chechen War became strongly lexicalized. One can observe certain regularities conntected with describing the concept. The neutral lexeme “war” in specific conditions is subsituted with a softer linguistic sign of “battle”. The latter may have positive connotations if we consider righteous cause and ultimate values. Key words: war; fight; conceptualization; concept; lexem; lingwistic picture of the world;