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A critical appraisal is attempted of the three structurally-designated theses that are typically voiced in relation to what etymology is and what it consists in: (i) etymology is diachronic in scope, (ii) etymology involves the reconstruction of proto-forms and proto-senses, and (iii) etymology is based on the earliest possible attestations. The examination is guided and motivated by Yakov Malkiel's...
The article focuses on the relationship between etymology and ethnolinguistics. The two fields come to foreground in analyses of dialectal plant names, especially of their origin. It is concluded that both fields should function in symbiosis and use each other’s achievements. Therefore, etymologists make ample use of ethnolinguistic findings in their semantic analyses. Those findings help determine...
The article deals with the Polish concept of bieda (poverty) from the perspective of etymology and historical linguistics. A diachronic analysis provides access to the evolution of the concept. The article references the major findings relating to the role of etymology in semantic research, especially in reconstructing the linguistic view of concepts within the framework of cognitive ethnolinguistics...
The study concerns the names of clothing, home furnishings, everyday objects, tools, and means of transport contained in the lexicon of the Bydgoszcz city dialect. This lexical stock includes the names of the outer garment (e.g. buks ‘trousers’), recreational clothes (badeje ‘swimming trunks’), headgear (e.g. lujmycka ‘hooligan’s cap’), footwear (e.g. kropusy ‘men’s shoes with high uppers’). Another...
The article shows the role of names in the reconstruction of the linguacultural view of mushrooms. The large number of the names of mushrooms testifies to the practical importance of mushrooms for country people. Many of the names are polysemic and synonymic. In the analysis, the onomasiological basis of mushroom names plays a crucial role. Those names can be based on the appearance of mushrooms (e...
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