METAFORYKA MILITARNA W OKREŚLANIU POJĘĆ MIŁOŚĆ I ZALOTY
Military Metaphors Defining the Notions of miłość (Love) and zaloty (Coquetry)

Summary/Abstract: The metaphor LOVE (as relations between partners in a relationship) IS AN ARMED STRUGGLE is clearly shown in Polish phraseology; rarely is shown the metaphor COQUETRY IS AN ARMED STRUGGLE (still in use in the 19th century). Social changes were reflected in language - women had become independent and equivalent as partners to men. In love (between a woman and a man), like in an armed struggle, the element of a competition appears. Its aim is to dominate the partner.

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