Język bydgoskich kupców na początku XX wieku w "Dzienniku Bydgoskim" z lat 1907-1920

Abstract

Bydgoszcz has always been an important commercial center and for this reason merchants have always been of great importance in this city. Only 20% of Poles have lived in Bydgoszcz at the beginning of the twentieth century and the marchants has been economically and politically the strongest Polish group. They have always been engaged national and political. The theme of the article is a preliminary study of language and communication style of this important social group. The author presents the merchants language: vocabulary now unused, semantic and lexical modification of words and phrases. It also examines changes in the correction of verbs. These studies indicate that the language of merchant in Bydgoszcz was specific only for Bydgoszcz and probably for Pomerania and Wielkopolska.