Praha srdce Evropy v té malé české kotlině – lokalizace v české frazeologii
Prague, the heart of Europe in the small Czech basin - localization in Czech phraseology

Summary/Abstract: In this con tri bu tion, I focus on what con no ta tions the naming of places implies forCzech speakers. The material comes from a phra seo lo gi cal fund of Czech. Idiomsvery often reflect the life story of a person and a nation, therefore the geo graphi callocation and typical features of Czech landscape and Czech set tle ments find ap pli ca -tion in it. As a Central European country, the Czech Republic is specific in that it is thepart of an imaginary geo po li ti cal border that divides Europe into a „developed andcivilized“ West and a „primitive and barbaric“ East. Many names of set tle ments aswell as landscape elements carry con no ta tions of emotions and even pathos. In thepresent, although a pathetically patriotic approach is mostly receding into the background,some elements connected with Czech landscape and settlementsremain in thelin guis tic picture of world.

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