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Terminologia botaniczna w wybranych poematach romantycznych
Botanical Terminology in Selected Romantic Poems

Author(s): Edward Stachurski
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: lexis; botanical terminology; regionalisms; romantic poems

Summary/Abstract: The article contains results of lexical analysis of 8 romantic poems (including the national epos) of 7 eminent Polish romantic authors: Antoni Malczewski, Adam Mickiewicz, Seweryn Goszczyński, Józef Bohdan Zaleski, Juliusz Słowacki, Zygmunt Krasiński and Cyprian Kamil Norwid. Botanical terms used by the poets are presented in quantitative and qualitative aspects. Their stylistic functions are described. This lexical layer is necessary in literary creation of world and very important in poetical views. The names of elements of native nature have special importance for homesick creators in exile as well as for patriotic readers.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 163-177
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish
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