Semantic structure of the adjectives белый and biały in Polish and Russian Cover Image

Семантическая структура прилагательных „белый” и „biały” в русском и польском языках
Semantic structure of the adjectives белый and biały in Polish and Russian

Author(s): Andrzej Narloch
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza

Summary/Abstract: This article attempts to describe the semantic structure of the adjective biały in the Polish language and the adjective белый in the Russian language. Following R. Tokarski's theory, according to which the semantics of the white color can be interpreted in two ways, the author puts forward a hypothesis that there is a third way to interpret the semantics of this adjective, i.e. the so-called transparent interpretation of white. The analysis uses lexicographic data that were obtained from contemporary dictionaries of both languages.

  • Issue Year: 40/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 121-128
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian