Published: 2021-12-28

The Bird World Recorded in Plant Names

Agnieszka Wierzbicka Logo ORCID

Abstract

Phytonyms are an extremely interesting category of lexis and they contain the significant semantic properties of the Polish language. Trying to recreate the nomination process of individual species, we see how much it depends on the perception of man and observation of the surrounding reality. The meanings contained in the colloquial, dialectical and botanical names of plants reveal to us an extremely rich and colorful world observed by man. Detailed semantic analysis of names such as jaskółcze ziele, kaczeniec, kurzyślad, kacze pyski, rdest ptasi, ptasie oczko and others leads to surprising conclusions – plant names often carry metaphorical content based on sensory perception and experience, and also many times on associations connecting flora with the world of birds. In her speech, the author will show that the system of nominating plants around us is largely based on the conceptualization of the world by people and the categorization of the nearest reality known to man.

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Wierzbicka, A. (2021). The Bird World Recorded in Plant Names. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (2 (8), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2021.08.11

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No. 2 (8) (2021)
Published: 2022-01-12


ISSN: 2719-2687
eISSN: 2451-3849
Ikona DOI 10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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