The names of interiors in noblemen’s mansion houses Architectural and functional transformations of noblemen’s mansion houses present an extremely appealing subject for a linguist as they convey very rich vocabulary. The ...

The tobacco smoking custom in the Polish lexis and phraseology Polish phraseology contains a large number of lexical units reflecting old customs of Polish people. Among them, one can find those which originate either ...

Linguistic conceptualization of time in Tyniec translation of the Bible This article attempts to characterise various verbal connections with the word time in Tyniec translation of the Bible. Expressions with the word ...

Synonyms according to Klementyna Hoffman (née Tańska) The paper deals with the way of describing by Klementyna Hoffman (née Tańska), living 1798-1845, who is known in the history of literature as an author of children’s ...

The development of national community in the light of the 16th century historiographic writing. Reconnaissance The paper constitutes an element of a large scale project whose aim consists in the reconstruction of the ...

Non official names of secondary schools This article registers and describes non oficial names of secondary schools, made by teenage community. Analysed lexical innovations reveal affinity to the group, which uses ...

Authority and function of the head of guild and custom communicative in the light of Cracow’s brewers protocols (from the years 1729-1760) This article presents the concept of authority exploited in historical studies ...

The principles in the study of the triad: the language – custom – community Studies of the triad language – custom – community is a synthesis of two parallel research traditions: research centre of Łódź, which is known ...

Euphony as an Esthetical Feature of the Speech. The Euphonic Attributes of Polish and Other Slavic Languages The essay is dedicated to the esthetical aspect of language. When speaking, people usually pay more attention ...

Fiscal quantifications in the structure of an official text from the 17th century The strategy of the lustration procedure drawn from the parliament’s acts and fiscal instructions that shaped 17th century official ...