Pomněnka (forget-me-not) and zapomněnka (forget-me) . Cognitive and cultural inspiration not only with regard to the study of meaning

Abstract

The article tries to demonstrate, on the example of the Czech word pomněnka (forgot-me-not), how to study the lexical meaning in the perspective of cognitive and cultural linguistics, i. e. with respect to the evocative power of the word, carried by connotations. The method allows to the students to understand better the Czech linguistic worldview and Czech culture.

Keywords

• forgert-me-not
• meaning + connotations
• cognitive and culture linguistics
• dictionnaries
• artistic text