Euphemisms in the Traditional Bulgarian Culture and the Semantic Opposition One’s Own and the Foreign Cover Image
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Евфемизмите в българската традиционна култура и семантичната опозиция свой – чужд
Euphemisms in the Traditional Bulgarian Culture and the Semantic Opposition One’s Own and the Foreign

Author(s): Mariya Kitanova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Semantics, Philology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: your own – alien; euphemisms; taboos; animal denominations; ladybug; Snake

Summary/Abstract: The study examines the cases when euphemisms are used in place of words that are forbidden (taboos) in the Bulgarian traditional culture: some animal denominations such as: ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata) and snake (Serpentes).

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 110-117
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bulgarian