K problematiki vpliva stičnega jezika – nemščine na semantične spremembe in stilno vrednost najstarejše slovenske knjižne leksike (16. stoletje)

Abstract

The paper addresses the changes in meaning of loanwords compared to the meaning of German lexemes during the process of their integration into the Slovenian language system and the 16th century literary language. Another change occurred in the semantic structure of native literary lexemes, which referred to new objects, phenomena and concepts under the influence of translations of the works of (mostly) German religious reformers. The third problem is the influence of the donor language on the stylistic markedness of loanwords and native lexemes in the 16th century literary Slovene. It was confirmed that the semantic development towards ambiguity in native lexemes as well as in loanwords became one of the most important reasons for a relatively modest thesaurus of the16th century Slovenian literary lexica (just above 22.000 words). The semantic development of the 16th century literary lexemes show the expressive abilities of Slovene Protestant writers and the expressive potential of the Slovene language.