Leksyka budowlana w "Słowniku polszczyzny XVI wieku"

Abstract

The article contains the results of preliminary research on the Polish construction vocabulary based on the material from Słownik polszczyzny XVI wieku [The Dictionary of the 16th Century Polish Language] (up to volume 37 and taking into account the material from the Dictionary of the 16th Century Polish Language File). The author continues the research on construction vocabulary in the Middle Ages, started earlier, showing the resources of the Middle Poland against the background of the material culture of the era. By classifying the collected material, which is 660 words, the following groups have been distinguished: names of construction objects and their parts, construction elements, construction activities, contractors of activities, names of construction materials and tools. The Old and Middle Polish construction vocabulary allows the author to draw conclusions about the processes taking place in this part of the lexis that have had a significant impact on the multiplication and nature of technical vocabulary resources. The article discusses the creation of neologisms, semantic shifts and neosemantization as well as borrowing words from German, Latin and Italian.