LEXICAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF PERSONAL ITY .4. LISTS OF TERMS DESCRIBING THE PERSONALITY

The aim of the article that follows three preceding theoretical studie s is to present the proceeding and results obtained at setting up the lists of personality relevant terms. According the given instructions, four categories of personality relevant terms were excerpted from the Dictionary of Literary Czech Language: (1) adjectives (lazy); (2) att ributive nouns (laziness); (3) type nouns (lazy fellow); (4) verbs (to laze), and their semantic reduction was carried out. We found that 16 % of adjectives are potentially personality relevant. Personality rele vant attributive nouns are somewhat more frequent (7%) than the type o nes (5%). Concerning verbs, 7% of terms were evaluated as personality relevant. The results are compared with the data from lexical studies in five European languages. Particular lists of personality relevant t erms form the basis for their systematic and detailed taxonomy.