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Образ животного и культурные универсалии
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Author(s): Karolina Jaworska-Bendyk
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: concept, zoonym; universal categories of culture; phraseology

Summary/Abstract: As material for this research we used the phraseological units containing zoonym‘dog’. Zoonyms are complex language units which have a great linguistic potential. Ouraim was to reveal the metaphorical potential of cultural concept ‘dog’, and to analysecharacteristics of concept, in order to answer the question – can concept ‘dog’ be treatedas universal category of culture.

  • Issue Year: 1/2016
  • Issue No: XVIII
  • Page Range: 45-54
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Russian