Wykładniki obrazowości w Informacyi matematycznej Wojciecha Bystrzonowskiego (1749)

In the paper are discussed the linguistic and non-linguistic imagery indicators used in the encyclopaedic text of the mid-18th century, being addressed to a wide group of recipients, i.e. in the Informacyja matematyczna prepared by Wojciech Bystrzonowski. Among linguistic imagery indicators, the fallowing ones has been presented: a) use of description as one of text types being present in the Informacyja matematyczna, b) accumulations and specyfi cations, c) comparations, d) giving examples and arguments referring to common experiences of a reader, e) giving illustrative examples in informative part of the text, and f) use of colloquial vocabulary in the nominative function. A non-linguistic means being applied to imagery used in the Informacyja matematyczna is tabular comparations.