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Title
Leech, Medico, Piss-Prophet, Waterologer or 007: Ways of Naming Medical Doctors in the History of EnglishJournal title
LINGUISTICA SILESIANAYearbook
2025Volume
vol. 46Issue
No 1Authors
Affiliation
Sylwanowicz, Marta : University of Warsaw, PolandKeywords
lexicon ; word-formation ; English ; historical corpora ; medical doctorDivisions of PAS
Nauki Humanistyczne i SpołeczneCoverage
51-71Publisher
Polska Akademia Nauk • Oddział w KatowicachBibliography
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Date
4.12.2025Type
ArticleIdentifier
DOI: 10.24425/linsi.2025.155073Editorial Board
EDITORIAL BOARD
- Paola Attolino - University of Salerno, Italy
- Wiesław Banyś - University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
- Bogusław Bierwiaczonek - Jan Dlugosz University, Częstochowa, Poland
- Michael Bilynsky - University of Lviv, Ukraine
- Krzysztof Bogacki - University of Warsaw, Poland
- Jan Čermák - Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Bożena Cetnarowska - University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
- Magdalena Charzyńska-Wójcik - John Paul II Catholic University, Lublin, Poland
- Danuta Gabryś-Barker - University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
- Piotr Kakietek - University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
- Marcin Krygier - Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
- Andrzej Łyda - University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
- Elżbieta Mańczak-Wohlfeld - Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
- John G. Newman - University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA
- Jerzy Nykiel - University of Bergen, Norway
- Marc van Oostendorp - Radbound University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Tadeusz Piotrowski - University of Wrocław, Poland
- Czesława Schatte - Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
- Piotr Stalmaszczyk - University of Lodz, Poland