Metaforyka militarna w polskiej frazeologii
Military metaphors in Polish phraseology

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present how military metaphors are revealed in contemporary Polish phraseology. The analyses are based on the principles of syntactic phraseology. Research has shown that military terms include primarily: VERBAL DISPUTE, POLICY, ECONOMY, MENTAL PROCESSES, PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES, LOVE, AND COURTING. Military metaphors are revealed in the following types of phraseology: I. Consisting of a metaphorical main element originally related to (ARMED) FIGHT and a defining element that refers to the sphere of transference; II. Containing two metaphorical components – one of ARMED FIGHT; III. Registered in military texts in the form of fixed connections with a specific metaphorical and metonymic meaning, while in non-military texts, they acquire a new, metaphorical semantics; IV. Being variants, derivatives of compounds recorded in military texts; V. Appearing in texts about (ARMED) FIGHT in the form of loose word compounds; subject to phraseologisation in non-military texts; VI. Not recorded in their entirety in military texts, although their components are related to (ARMED) FIGHT.

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