On the glossary of Antoni Waga's folk words

Bogusław Nowowiejski

Uniwersytet w Białymstoku

Abstract

The article contains the characteristics of one the nineteenth century sources of "Słownik gwar polskich" [Dictionary of Polish Dialects] by Jan Karłowicz, i.e., the dictionary written by Antoni Waga titled "Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych" [Alphabetic List of Words of Folk Language from Łomża, Wizna and the neighborhood] published in the second volume of a scientific journal “Warsaw Library” for 1860.

Keywords:

folk dialects, North-Eastern Poland, dictionaries