Morphological variants of anatomy terms in Lithuanian lexicography of 17th-18th centuries Cover Image

Morfologiniai anatomijos terminų variantai XVII–XVIII a. lietuvių leksikografijoje
Morphological variants of anatomy terms in Lithuanian lexicography of 17th-18th centuries

Author(s): Palmira Zemlevičiūtė
Subject(s): Morphology, Lexis, Descriptive linguistics, Health and medicine and law, 17th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Lietuvių Kalbos Institutas
Keywords: medicine; anatomy term; variant; morphological variant; dictionary;

Summary/Abstract: The article provides the linguistic description of morphological variants of anatomy terms, their types and subtypes and gives a brief overview of the reasons for such variation in the main general translation dictionaries (mostly bilingual German–Lithuanian and Lithuanian–German) of 17–18th century Lithuania Major and Lithuania Minor. Three types of morphological variants (of gender, number and ending) have been found in the researched dictionaries. The majority of morphological variants are one word terms; variants of complex terms are rare – there are some variations of their generic or specific elements.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 105-124
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Lithuanian