
This paper attempts to provide an analytical reflection on mental-linguistic mechanisms that allow a member of a specific cultural group to name the phenomena and objects belonging to the exterior world. The article provides an analysis of selected examples of Polish and German names for various species of spiders. The study includes the sources of semantic motivation visible in the examined names. The analysis is of a qualitative nature and is carried out from the cognitive point of view in light of long-established sub-theories of cognitive linguistics – the theory of conceptual metaphor and metonymy, conceptual blending and chosen aspects of Langacker’s conceptual imagery.
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