Człowiek z definicji – obserwacje na temat pojęcia człowieka jako kategorii porządkującej w definiowaniu słownikowym
Man in definition – observations concerning the concept of man as a category organizing description in dictionary definitions

Author(s): Ewa Rudnicka
Subject(s): Media studies, Studies of Literature, Communication studies, Theory of Communication, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: dictionaries; dictionary definition; conceptualization of the world; concept of a human being; defining and mechanisms of thinking
Summary/Abstract: The text is devoted to the lexicographic reflection of human conceptualization in its various functions and roles. The aim of the article is to look at the term human as an element used to define words naming other elements of the world and to analyze the ways of codifying this conceptualization in the content of dictionary definitions, which are the result of the reflection of qualified lexicographers who can carefully observe the linguistic reality. The analyzes are based on definitions from dictionaries of contemporary Polish, in which the term human/people appear.

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