Relation between dialectical names of plants, magic and beliefs Cover Image

Magia, wierzenia a gwarowe określenia roślin
Relation between dialectical names of plants, magic and beliefs

Author(s): Agnieszka Wierzbicka
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: fitonyms; onomastics; semantics; folk culture

Summary/Abstract: Various semantic properties are presented in dialectical names of plants (usually when the names are functioning on a small area). Usually they are a reflection of a naive interpretation of world and they are closely connected with cultural conditioning of a community (especially with faith and magic). The report shows the connections between names of plants and their characteristic features fixed in the consciousness of people living in the countryside, typical to a species and recognised in connection to its various uses.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 58
  • Page Range: 363-372
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish