Adamenko S. Sorbian botanical nomenclature: its formation and specificity (on a material of the names of medicinal plants)

In the work for the first time in Slavic linguistics the stages of development of the Sorbian normative botanical nomenclature are defined, its genetic, lexico-semantic and word-building peculiarities are investigated. It is found out, that the formation of this group of lexicon occured during XIX-XX centuries. From the point of view of genesis the normative botanical nomenclature is non-uniform. The All-Slavic lexicon, actually Sorbian phytonyms and borrowings from both Slavic and unslavic languages, is allocated in its structure. Qualificative sings, which display properties and qualities of a reality, and also relative sings, which specify connection of a plant with other subjects or phenomena are in a basis of the names, that keep connection with an initial principle of nomination. The word-building structure of the normative names is determined by existence of three types of phytonyms: simple, complex and compound names (binominal).