Orient po polsku. Obraz orientu w polskiej leksykografii
The Orient in Polish: An image of the Orient in Polish lexicography

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the study of the meaning, occurrence and use of the term Orient and itsderivatives — associated words related to it — in the Polish language.The starting point is the concept of a linguistic image of the world that assumes the dependenceof the individual’s perception of reality on the language he or she uses. A person, learning about theworld, experiences it with the help of native speech, which imposes a certain specific way of thinking.The language appears as a filter and a ready set of interpretive schemes that impose a specific point ofview on the user.The aim of the presented research is the reconstruction of the linguistic image of the non-linguis-tic reality section represented by the Orient lexeme and its derivatives.The study covered the National Corpus of the Polish Language, more widely available diction-ary and encyclopedic definitions, and types of usage that can be observed in the contemporary publicspace represented by the so-called old and new media. The article also focuses on the connotations ofthe word Orient appearing in the Polish language system. An important part of the research focuseson the functioning of the analyzed lexeme and its derivatives in Polish culture, taking into account thechanges taking place. The observed changes were separated and described, then presented in a chrono-logical manner.The presented analysis creates the possibility of a better understanding of the perception of theOrient by people speaking Polish.

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