The material basis of the paper are the names of Polish female associations from the 30s of the 20th century. The analysis involves components used to expose feminine qualities – general names (kobieta, pani, niewiasta ...

In the article, the focus of interest is the descriptive element of contemporary names of shops. Such names are compounds consisting of a noun denoting the enterprise (sklep, salon, studio, galeria, atelier, supermarket, ...

This paper deals with Polish phraseologisms and proverbs which contain names of handicraft tools. Most of the collected material currently belongs to recessive phraseological units. Viewed from the perspective of a deeply ...

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 ...

The article deals with phraseologisms and proverbs which contain the component łyko (phloem). The analysis of collected material made it possible to reconstruct the linguistic view of old reality connected with low ...

The comparison of old and contemporary idioms which contain lexemes szewc or szewski [cobbler, cobbler’s] demonstates the essential traits in the development of Polish phraselogy connected with crafts and craftsmanship. ...

The paper is an attempt at a synthetic presentation of one research area in phraseology and paremiology, namely the evidence of old material culture preserved in fixed multi-word units. The author considers previous ...

The author of the article analyses set phrases that are motivated by the reality of the handicraft work. The analysis proves that Polish proverbs and set phrases depict work as an activity that is a sufficient and ...

The article discusses names of associations, hitherto unresearched, from the interwar period in Poland in terms of the linguistic worldview they are a testimony to. Analysing lexical components of the names reflects great ...