Work and wealth in Slovak and Romanian phraseology Cover Image

Práca a bohatstvo v slovenskej a rumunskej frazeológii
Work and wealth in Slovak and Romanian phraseology

Author(s): Zuzana Kováčová, Ianko Gubani
Subject(s): Western Slavic Languages, Philology, Phraseology
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: idiom; significance; metaphor; cognition; concept; imagery;

Summary/Abstract: The idioms we use also reflect our social worlds. They come into existence in human work interactions and reflect the degree of wealth attainable through work. In the same way antonyms help delimitate the meaning of a word, so does poverty phraseology help define the idiomatic language of wealth and prosperity. Thus, phraseology serves as a time capsule of the linguistic view of the world and the shared knowledge of a certain group of speakers.

  • Issue Year: LII/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 243-253
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Slovak