The present analysis addresses the social theme on the basis of linguistic material related to selected examples of the Slovene vocabulary of the 16th century. These are included in the second part of the book Vesela žetva (Happy Harvest) and belong to different word categories. The mostly Biblical genre of the wording, focusing explicitly on its social function, is distinguished by its moral code. This highest law is a moral imperative for all living beings and, at the same time, it also gives sense to a unifying principle of all the intertextual occurrences of the researched vocabulary. This evidence is proven by the semantic role of different entries of the glossary, irrespective of their first and most significant, and specific or subordinate meanings. The explanations and commentaries of wording are illustrated with examples of contemporary Slovene language according to the principles of modern historical lexicography.
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