Bunt w języku czy język buntu? Kilka słów o koncepcji nowego słownika w czasach kryzysu klimatyczno-środowiskowego

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.The authors assume that language influences the shape of reality, and at the same
time, the perspective of “looking at the world” through it is strongly anthropocentric.
However, there are noticeable tendencies in language to change this attitude: scientists
and creators are trying to “unseal” the Anthropocene – to examine language
and approach it reflectively: to recall and restore old, nature-related meanings. The
authors report on the course of an attempt to create a practical “Eco-Dictionary” that
would help develop the climate and environmental discourse and, at the same time,
would be helpful in educational discourse. They shape the basics of such a dictionary,
and their assumptions are based on the theory of thematic fields. Lexemes within
one field are related by meaning, often complementing their meaning and enriching
the thematic group’s overall image. It is also a glossary collecting an explanation of
terminology that arises at the interface of diverse disciplines and creative actions
devoted to the active approach to the climate and environmental crisis.