Wartości i wartościowanie a ludowe nazwy roślin
Journal: Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing eBooks
Year: 2025

Folk names of plants are a example of evaluative vocabulary and vocabulary that expresses values. They usually provide indirect information about people’s positive or negative attitudes towards individual elements of the plant world. The plant lexis is also a valuable source of knowledge about the nominating subject, his or her experiences and conceptualisation of the surrounding reality. The article therefore shows selected ways of valuing plants by giving them specific names and the values tha