Manifestations of Negative Aesthetic Assessment in Communication, Reflected in Bulgarian Idioms, Proverbs and Sayings Cover Image

Прояви на негативната естетическа оценка при общуване, отразени в българските фразеологизми, пословици и поговорки
Manifestations of Negative Aesthetic Assessment in Communication, Reflected in Bulgarian Idioms, Proverbs and Sayings

Author(s): Teodora Rabovyanova
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Bulgarian Literature, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: aesthetic communication norm; negative assessment; phraseological units; sense of proportion; relevance

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the report are phraseological units, proverbs and sayings used in conversation. They are related to the aesthetic subjective norm. A number of speech rules reveal the opposite. According to phraseology, Bulgarians feel dissatisfied with empty, needless, missing or insulting words. The reason is that 203 phraseological items have a negative connotation and rating. The aesthetic negative assessment can be measured with the help of two parameters ‒ plus and minus on the assessment scale. Idioms almost always express additional emotions which, in phraseological terms, are accompanied by stylistic notes like dialectical, slang, or literary; disapprovingly, slightingly, ironically, roughly, vulgar and mockingly. This theme interweaves with current problems ‒ how our mental pictures for good (my own) and for evil (stranger, outsider) are reflected in language and in speech.

  • Issue Year: 12/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 259-274
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Bulgarian