Konceptualizacja choroby w języku angielskim

• Authors: Malinowska Dominika

Title variants

EN

Conceptualisation of Disease in the English Language

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The paper is devoted to the changes that occurred in the domain of health impairment in English. It presents twelve words, such as Old English adle or untrumness as well as the modern terms like syndrome, depicts their etymology and cognitive background. It shows the motivation of word-creation on the morphological and cultural basis in order to create a coherent picture of the evolution of the concept and its realisations.

Keywords

PL

językoznawstwo; etymologia; gramatyka kognitywna; choroba; staroangielski

EN

linguistics; etymology; cognitive grammar; disease; illness; sickness; Old English

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Prace Językoznawcze
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 15/3
• Pages: 53-63

Contributors

author

Malinowska Dominika

• Olsztyn