Comparison of the linguistic image of Africa in a specific Polish dictionary Cover Image

Charakterystyka pojęć dotyczących Afryki zawartych we współczesnych słownikach języka polskiego
Comparison of the linguistic image of Africa in a specific Polish dictionary

Author(s): Karolina Kwiecińska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Africa; African; Negro; linguistic image of the world; reportage

Summary/Abstract: This project constitutes the main part of my doctoral thesis carried out under the supervision of Prof. Zbigniew Greń at the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In order to conduct comparative research and to analyze the differences between lexemes in Polish and Swahili, I have chosen methodology connected within a course of cognitive research, namely the linguistic image of the world. As part of the project I would like to look into and describe the linguistic image of Africa in specific Polish reportages. In addition, and in order to show the differences in the ways of conceptualisation of the reality by representatives of other cultures, I am planning to visit Tanzania to do more research. This article contains the linguistic image of Africa in a specific Polish dictionary. I have analysed the lexemes: Africa, African and Negro to show the dissimilarities.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 71-82
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish