Les modèles de formation de noms aux prises avec les taxonomies biologiques. Exemples polonais et français
Word-Formation Models of Nouns in the Struggle With Biology Taxonomies: Polish and French Examples

Summary/Abstract: The article contains reflection on the description methods of names in biology taxonomies and in terminology. Important for the description are the levels of taxonomies of organisms and conceptual hierarchies in terminology (hyperonymic-hyponymic relations). The terms of the basic level (level of species) are featured as those naming a single specimen and the basic terms (level of genus) as those forming a basis for creating new words. Two tendencies may be observed in the word-formation models of biological terminology: the derivative nouns name concepts from the superior level of family and order, and the endocentric compound nouns name concepts from the subordinate level of species. The juxtaposition of name formation by biologists with the methodology of linguistic description will allow specialists use language more consciously and linguists better recognize and understand the described elements of reality.

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