Methods of plant name formation used in the works by Jānis Ilsters Cover Image

Augalų vardų darybos būdai Janilo Ilsterio publikacijose
Methods of plant name formation used in the works by Jānis Ilsters

Author(s): Linda Kurmiņa
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Descriptive linguistics, Latvian Literature
Published by: Lietuvių Kalbos Institutas
Keywords: botany terminology; plant names; word formation; Jānis Ilsters;

Summary/Abstract: The initial stages of botany terminology formation have been dealt with in numerous works (Vīksna 2002; Vimba 2001; Piete 2008) and its first achievements have most frequently been attributed to the botanist, teacher and poet Jānis Ilsters (1851–1889), who in 1883 published the first botany book in Latvian Botānika tautas skolām un pašmācībai (Botany for folk schools and self-instruction) (Ilsters 1883). This work only contained rather few most widespread names of plants, accompanied by more detailed descriptions.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 94-104
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English