Achievements of professor Aleksandra Cieślikowa in the field of onomastic word-formation

Biolik, Maria

doi:10.17651/ONOMAST.64.23

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Tytuł: Achievements of professor Aleksandra Cieślikowa in the field of onomastic word-formation

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The article presents the achievements of professor Aleksandra Cieślikowa in the field of word-formationof proper names. The most important issues concerning the creation of anthroponyms in theOld Polish era selected from monographs and scientific articles are detailed. These issues includethe problems of motivation in onomastic word-formation, the onimization process and the way ofdescribing non-derivatized words by word formation and the participation of paradigmatic derivationin the emergence of Old Polish personal names. The views of Aleksandra Cieślikowa regardingOld Polish anthroponymy contributed to the development of onomastic word-formation, an integralpart of the grammar of proper names and gave methodological foundations for the description ofOld Polish personal names from a synchronic perspective.