O boleniu żołądka, kwartanie i innych srogich chorobach w listach Jadwigi Rafałowiczówny do Elżbiety Sieniawskiej

• Authors: Zawilska Katarzyna

Title variants

EN

On bolenie żołądka, kwartana and other srogie diseases in Jadwiga Rafałowiczówna’s letters to Elżbieta Sieniawska

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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In the article, the author applies Jadwiga Rafałowiczówna’s preserved correspondence to Elżbieta Sieniawska, focusing mainly on the varied lexical items related to diseases. The material gathered is compared with the lexicon of the 16th-century Polish language. Among the analysed terms there are one-word nouns of the Greek and Latin origin, as well as two-word names. What is also characteristic of the letters’ author is the use of euphemisms referring to death. When alluded to in such a manner, death became more tamed and natural a phenomenon.

Keywords

PL

historia języka polskiego; listy rękopiśmienne

EN

history of Polish language; handwritten letters

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Prace Językoznawcze
• Year: 2008
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 233-240

Contributors

author

Zawilska Katarzyna

• Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie