Сладки ли са "сладките" думи?
Are Sweet the "Sweet" Words?
Author(s): Anita Todoranova-DushkovaSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Eastern Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: Idioms; word combinations; metaphor; sweet
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents some preliminary remarks aimed at identifying common daily language metaphorical expressions of varying degrees of persistence, whose composition has a word directly referring to a taste for sweetness. Our goal is to analyze these expressions and to answer the question: “Are sweet the “sweet“words?“ as well as to determine if the words combining a meaning for something sweet are connected only with a positive assessment.
Journal: Проблеми на устната комуникация
- Issue Year: 11/2018
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 149-156
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Bulgarian
