English loanwords in Polish lexicons

The article discusses the research involved in the compilation of the lexicon entitled Słownik zapożyczeń angielskich w polszczyźnie (A Dictionary of English Borrowings in the Polish Language) and at the same time highlights a number of problematic areas in Polish dictionaries describing anglicisms. The lexicon mentioned above was written at the request of Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Therefore, the corpus was provided by this publishing house. In the event, the corpus (one Polish and two of foreign dictionaries) contained many mistakes (etymological, semantic, graphic, etc.) which were corrected by the present author. Besides, a number of new English loans not attested in the given corpus were added to the new Polish lexicon of anglicisms. The conclusion, therefore, is that while writing new Polish dictionaries, Polish lexicographers should consult philologists specializing in different languages.