Phraseologismen mit Tiernamen im Albanischen, Deutschen und Englischen. Eine komparative Untersuchung
PHRASEOLOGIES WITH ANIMAL NAMES IN ALBANIAN, GERMAN AND ENGLISH: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Summary/Abstract: The paper takes a comparative approach in discussing selected phraseologies with animal names in Albanian, German and English. The point of departure is a collection of 48 random Albanian lexemes and their counterparts in the other two languages. Phraseologies, metaphor and translation have a hidden relationship with one another, but we explore the linguistic and conceptual roots of these words. In case of translation, something is carried over from one language to another. Metaphors, on the other hand, indicate a similar act of transference (Übertragung) as it is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase signifying one thing is used in place of another to suggest some degree of likeness or equivalence. The most interesting result of the comparison is that there are more similarities between the neighbouring languages than Germanic languages. This implies that geographical proximity and common history have more impact on development of languages, even in different language families (Albanian‐German), than common roots (English‐German).

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