LOOKING FOR A DEFINITION OF 'MUSIC'

• Authors: Zurowski S.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with the problem of the possibility of defining lexical unit of contemporary Polish language 'muzyka' (music) as a specific kind of non-material artefact. The author attempts to prove that 'muzyka' can be defined as 'somethingi made by someone (j) to be heard by someone (k) who (because of the act of hearing) would feel something (l)'. The author suggests that the meaning of natural language units such as 'literatura' (literature), 'film' (film), 'malarstwo' (painting) and 'reklama' (advertisement) can be explained in a similar way.

Keywords

EN

DEFINITION; SEMANTICS

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: LingVaria : Półrocznik Wydziału Polonistyki UJ poświęcony zagadnieniom języka i językoznawstwa
• Year: 2008
• Issue: 1(5)
• Pages: 17-25
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Zurowski S.

• S. Zurowski, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu, ul. Gagarina 11, 87-100 Torun, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA04969445