skaz
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English
Etymology
From Russian сказ (skaz, “tale”).
Noun
skaz (uncountable)
- A literary technique wherein characters are mainly identified by the linguistic specificities of their speech.
- 1993, Monika Fludernik, The fictions of language and the languages of fiction:
- […] however, Banfield goes on to posit that first person narrative comes in two shapes, one of which is speakerless while the other corresponds with skaz […]
- 2000, Jeremy Hicks, Mikhail Zoshchenko and the poetics of skaz:
- She argues that the chief means of indicating the distance between the two levels in grotesque-ironic skaz is 'linguistic discrediting' […]
Anagrams
Old High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skatt.
Noun
skaz m
Declension
Declension of skaz (masculine a-stem)
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | skaz | skaza |
| accusative | skaz | skaza |
| genitive | skazes | skazo |
| dative | skaze | skazum |
| instrumental | skazu | — |
Descendants
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Russian сказ (skaz, “tale”).
Noun
skaz m inan
- (literature) skaz (Russian narrative form)
Declension
Declension of skaz
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
skaz f
Further reading
- skaz in Polish dictionaries at PWN