Co laik może w ogóle wiedzieć o świetle?
What can a layman know about light?

An attempt to diagnose the language-based conceptualisation of the phenomenon of light as exemplified by Hebrew, Greek, and Polish excerpts

Author(s): Grzegorz Pawłowski
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Semantics
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: light; luminous phenomenon; linguistic conceptualisation; God; Christ
Summary/Abstract: The linguistic conceptualisation of the phenomenon of luminosity in modern culture differs from that in ancient culture. This difference concerns mostly the formal layer, which gives rise to problems of equivalence of words and concepts: initial and target. This article discusses these problems on the basis of source texts and their modern translations. Despite the differences in the formal conceptualisation of light, the question arises about the so-called conceptual identity of individual (lexical) concepts, more precisely: about the metaphysical basis for identifying, processing and constructing analogies resulting from the natural and supernatural understanding of the phenomenon of luminosity. This basis guarantees the creation of abstract concepts, such as lightness.

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