Wybrane ludowe wierzenia o zwierzętach domowych w polskiej frazeologii
Selected folk beliefs about domestic animals in Polish phraseological expressions

Summary/Abstract: Extending the boundaries of linguistic description by including the so-called “peri-linguistic” data, as practised in ethnolinguistic research, the paper analyses selected phraseological units with an animal component (expressions, nominal phrases and comparative expressions) and situates them in a broader cultural context. The examples selected for analysis demonstrate that phraseological expressions – constituting hard linguistic data which enable the “certification of features” – through the reconstructions of linguo-cultural representations provide access to “soft” (folkloristic and ethnographic) data. In addition, the conducted analyses confirm the prevalent opinion that phraseological units are an excellent source for research into traditional culture; they also encourage interdisciplinary research (at the border of linguistics and ethnography).

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