KOLDUS(ÉLET)KÉPEK
BEGGAR(LIFE)IMAGES

Summary/Abstract: The topic of this paper is the exploration of phrasemes related to the word “koldus” [beggar] not only from a synchronic perspective, but with a focus on their etymologic development. We first examine the diachronic semantic variants of the word “koldus”, and then analyse the diachronic variants of the phrasemes related to them based on the phrasemes related to the beggar’s purse, beggar’s song, and the physical disabilities of beggars. Following Bańczerowski, the world in which a given nation lives/is living, together with their socio-political habits showing their belonging to a given cultural and civilizational circle, is recorded in phraseologisms. The aim of this paper is to point out the phrasemes which could represent the basis of the analysis and serve as a record of the language of the nation, its history, and its culture.

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