Folk Etymology of Medical Plant Names in Těšín Silesia: A Probe into the Current State

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://vestnik-sk.ru/russian/archive/2022/tom-64/vilimek" target="_blank" >http://vestnik-sk.ru/russian/archive/2022/tom-64/vilimek</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.37816/2073-9567-2022-64-78-86" target="_blank" >10.37816/2073-9567-2022-64-78-86</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Folk Etymology of Medical Plant Names in Těšín Silesia: A Probe into the Current State

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Folk etymology is an interesting source of the information for understanding the world view by users of the language. It can be assumed that the conception of nomination, e.g. the names of medical plants would follow the changes in the society. The questionnaire survey conducted across three generations of contemporary users of the regional dialect in 13 villages all over the Těšín Silesia explored active and passive knowledge of dialectic names of the medical plants and their etymology. The survey has shown that contemporary speakers of the language are no longer aware of mythological justification in those names. They find motivation for naming mainly in the effect or use of the herb, or in its external resemblance to objects or animals, etc. Today's inhabitants of the whole Těšín Silesia region are already largely free from the traditional mythological perception of the world. If they know it, they perceive it with great reserve as part of an outdated tradition, but no longer as a valid part of reality they experience. We find that the active and passive knowledge of folk names of medicinal plants, as well as the mythological background associated with formerly commonly used names, was irretrievably lost in Těšín Silesia under the influence of education, lifestyle changes, industrialization, and urbanization of the environment during the 20th century.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Folk Etymology of Medical Plant Names in Těšín Silesia: A Probe into the Current State

Popis výsledku anglicky

Folk etymology is an interesting source of the information for understanding the world view by users of the language. It can be assumed that the conception of nomination, e.g. the names of medical plants would follow the changes in the society. The questionnaire survey conducted across three generations of contemporary users of the regional dialect in 13 villages all over the Těšín Silesia explored active and passive knowledge of dialectic names of the medical plants and their etymology. The survey has shown that contemporary speakers of the language are no longer aware of mythological justification in those names. They find motivation for naming mainly in the effect or use of the herb, or in its external resemblance to objects or animals, etc. Today's inhabitants of the whole Těšín Silesia region are already largely free from the traditional mythological perception of the world. If they know it, they perceive it with great reserve as part of an outdated tradition, but no longer as a valid part of reality they experience. We find that the active and passive knowledge of folk names of medicinal plants, as well as the mythological background associated with formerly commonly used names, was irretrievably lost in Těšín Silesia under the influence of education, lifestyle changes, industrialization, and urbanization of the environment during the 20th century.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Vestnik slavianskikh kul’tur

ISSN

2073-9567

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

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Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

Ijun'

Stát vydavatele periodika

RU - Ruská federace

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

78-86

Kód UT WoS článku

000888677200006

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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