Simile in Joachim Lelewel’s Scientific Idiolect

Abstract

The subject-matter of this paper is the investigation of similes in Joachim Lelewel’s scientific idiolect, which were collected upon the basis of this scholar’s selected writings. The objective of the analyses is to determine the repertoire of the connection indicators introducing this figure of thought in the selected scientific texts of this historian, the grammatical structure of similes, and first and foremost, to indicate their functions and this scientist's idiolective properties within the scope of using the stylistic device in question.