Польские и русские глаголы, выражающие отрицательное отношение к труду (семантический и лингвокультурный аспекты)
Polish and Russian Verbs Expressing Negative Attitude toward Work (Semantic and Linguistic-Cultural Aspect)

Author(s): Gabriela Wilk
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Semantics, Comparative Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages, Eastern Slavic Languages, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: verb; work; semantics; cultural linguistics; Russian-Polish comparative analysis
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is an analysis of verbs expressing negative attitude toward work in different varieties of the Polish and Russian languages. This study is based on a lexicographic material. The analyzed units are the results of the interpretative activity of man and reflect deviations from commonly accepted social norms. They denote actions where the subject is idle, wandering around, lives off others or is putting off work. The analysis of the gathered material shows that similar behaviors typical of a lazy person have been well established in the linguistic awareness of Poles and Russians.

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