L’influsso polacco “nascosto” nel lessico italiano: non solo "mazurka" e "zloty"

Gianluca Biasci

doi:10.18778/8331-367-2

The “hidden” Polish Influence in Italian Vocabulary: Not Only "Mazurka" and "Zloty"

Gianluca Biasci

University for Foreigners of Siena

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2713-5346 (unauthenticated)

Publication:

ItaliAMO: Promotion of Italian Studies in the Academic and Non-Academic Environment

Pages: 37-45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-367-2.03

Keywords: Italian literature, Italian culture, Italian language didactics, Italian language

Published: December 29, 2023

Categories: Foreign language studies, Open Access

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This essay aims to shed new light on the “hidden” contributions of the polish language and culture in the formation of Italian vocabulary. The survey involves both lexicographical repertoires and the language of the Internet, from which it is possible to draw terms that our dictionaries even ignore, such as polonismo and polacchismo. To the point of realizing that not even a very Italian, indeed very Neapolitan dessert, such as babà, is immune from the Polish linguistic (and gastronomic) contribution.

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Biasci, Gianluca. 2023. “The ‘hidden’ Polish Influence in Italian Vocabulary: Not Only "Mazurka" and ‘Zloty’ ”. In ItaliAMO: Promotion of Italian Studies in the Academic and Non-Academic Environment, edited by Justyna Groblińska, Dominika Kobylska, and Katarzyna Kowalik, 37-45. Poland: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-367-2.03.