IDIOMŲ SU KOMPONENTU „BITĖ“ ETIMOLOGIJOS IR SIMBOLIKOS TYRIMAS
AN ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLISM AND ETYMOLOGY RELATIVE TO “BEE” IDIOMS

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the analysis of a phraseological system that reflects knowledge about the world and about the notions and images in people’s consciousness which contains not only a cognitive and nominative components but also embodies symbolic semantics. Attention is payed to the richness of the phraseological units which express the national character and the distinctive features of Ukrainians. An attempt is made to identify the correlation of language and culture, and of language and mentality which are involved in the cultural and national coloring of phraseological units; to trace the dynamic processes of linguistic culture studies potential of the analyzed units. A n extensive analysis of phraseological units with the component “bee” is carried out. Their ethnocultural characteristics and some reasons for their usage is identified. The symbolic meaning of phraseological units is analyzed, and historical and etymological approaches to the interpretation of the image of the bee in different nations is studied.

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