Świat roślin w opowiadaniach Ludzie stamtąd Marii Dąbrowskiej
The Plant World in Short Stories Ludzie stamtąd (People from There) by Maria Dąbrowska
Author(s): Józefa Kobylińska, Ewa HoryńSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Maria Dąbrowska; short stories Ludzie stamtąd (People from There); plant vocabulary; functions of plants
Summary/Abstract: The article presents 89 names which belong to plant lexis. The linguistic material was excerpted from short stories Ludzie stamtąd (People from There) by Maria Dąbrowska. The terminology which is discussed belongs to 10 lexical-semantic areas, namely: 1. Wild and cultivated trees; 2. Wild or cultivated bushes; 3. Wild and cultivated flowers; 4. Herbaceous plants; 5. Lichens; 6. Grasses; 7. Grains; 8. Vegetables; 9. Plant locations; 10. Plant fruits. These names serve a few important functions in the presented works: they take part in the creation of the presented world, they accompany the characters’ moods and emotions, they have a decorative function, and they also play a therapeutic (thus practical) role.
Journal: Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Linguistica
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 57-69
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Polish