The linguistic perception of smell in Polish culture
Journal cover , no. 81, year 2024
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Keywords

psycholinguistic experiment
vocabulary definitions
perception
perceptual sign of ‘smell’

How to Cite

Yodlovska, A. (2024). The linguistic perception of smell in Polish culture. Slavia Occidentalis, (81), 169–174. https://doi.org/10.14746/so.2024.81.13

Abstract

The article presents the results of an experiment carried out with Polish language users, namely the linguistic representation of an unpleasant smell in Polish linguistic culture, and the smells identified by the speakers in the bathroom and the bedroom a reflection of these concepts in Polish dictionaries. Psycholinguistic realities differ from the lexicographic representation, there is no reference to smell in the dictionaries which, in my opinion, may hinder recognition specific objects.

https://doi.org/10.14746/so.2024.81.13
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