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Басня и пословица. Влиянието на Езоповите басни при формирането на фразеологични изрази
A fairy and a proverb. The Influence of the Aesop Fables on the Formation of Phraseological Expressions

Author(s): Yana Sivilova, Zhana Zhelyazkova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Philology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: fable; phraseme; Aesop; origin; Mesopotamia

Summary/Abstract: The text analyses Bulgarian phrasemes which originated from Aesopian fables. The authors outline their connection with Eastern narratives. The hypothesis of the Mesopotamian origin of the genre of fable is used to explain these analogies.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 22-29
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bulgarian
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