The aim of this article is to analyze and interpret way in which a topos of Cain was evoked in literary works and other texts of culture in the light of the concept of transgression. An approach adapted in analysis will be inspired by comparative hermeneutics, yet not only literary contexts will be taken into consideration, but also religious, philosophical, and scientific ones. In the very structure of the topos one can discern a series of binary oppositions, which become valuated in various ways in different historical contexts. It is above all the opposition between destructive and constructive component of the theme. Interpretations of the topos in the works of George Byron, Władysław Orkan, and Jerzy Andrzejewski are discussed deeper. The analysis leads to the conclusion that in the historical development of a significant change in its valuation is taking place. Regarded as a symbol of evil in the Middle Ages, it is ennobled as a patron of rebels, reformers and creators in the twentieth century.

The article analyzes the state of lexicographic modeling of modern Slavic morphemics, primarily the Ukrainian language. The development of Ukrainian morphemography over the past 40 years has been traced. Particular attention is paid to the computer morpheme and word‑formative fund of the Ukrainian language, which was created and is being developed by researchers of the Institute of the Ukrainian Language of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv. Common parameters of the form and semantics of roots and affixes are highlighted, which can become a basis for comparative studies. It is noted that, in contrast to Ukrainian morphemology, the morphemic dictionaries of other Slavic languages rarely present complex morphemic units: pairs and chains of affixal morphemes, affixal surroundings (lattices) of roots, models of the morphemic structure of words and morphemic nets for constructing words of certain parts of speech. The need to create a common factual basis, a common theoretical and methodological foundation for carrying out comparative studies on morphemics is emphasized. Only under this condition can we expect reliable conclusions about the typology and characterology of Slavic morphemics in general and morphemics of a certain Slavic language in particular. Keywords: morphemics,

The jubilee volume “Slavica Wratislaviensia”, CLIX: Wyraz i zdanie w językach słowiańskich (8), is a collection of contributions by pupils, collegues, and friends, dedicated to Professor Jan Sokołowski slavist of Wroclaw University, on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The publication topics covered subjects connected with researches on word and sentence in Slavic languages, their description, comparative and contrastive studies, and translation. They take up important current topics, reliably and comprehensively analyze problems that have not been noticed before or have not been solved yet. Due to the selection of topics and high scientific level (most authors are renowned linguists) the volume should be considered as representative for contemporary Slavic linguistics.