VYJADROVANIE ĽUDSKÝCH VLASTNOSTÍ V SLOVENSKEJ A SRBSKEJ ZOONYMICKEJ FRAZEOLÓGII (NA PRÍKLADE FRAZÉM S LEXÉMOU POMENÚVAJÚCOU DOMÁCE ZVIERA)
EXPRESSING OF HUMAN TRAITS IN SLOVAK AND SERBIAN ZOONYMIC PHRASEOLOGY (ON THE EXAMPLE OF PHRASES WITH A LEXEME NAMING DOMESTIC ANIMAL)

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the research described in this paper are Slovak and Serbian phrases with alexeme naming domestic animal. The goal of the paper is to apply adescriptive method and contrastive analysis of zoonymic phrases, to find out both the similarities and differences appearing in this group of phrases in Slovak and Serbian language. Zoonymic phraseology is a part of phraseology in which the motivational basis is azoonymic noun (zooapelative). We assume that negative characteristics are more often attributed to domestic animals, which can also be perceived as stereotypes. The goal of the paper is to point out the frequent occurrence of phrases of a comparative structure, both in Slovak and Serbian zoonymic phraseology. Phrases with azoonymic component are classified into semantic macro-group: human mental/character traits, within which we single out other semantic micro-groups. We are basing on the statements of linguistI. Vidović Bolt about double metaphorization in phraseology in attributing human characteristics to animals, which are used to describe humans. We will distinguish specific motives, associative motives, illogical or absurd motives, unrealistic motives, biblical motives and national-cultural motives. The initial literature was also the scientific contributions of A. Bunk and M. Opašić, R. Hansen-Kokoruš etc.

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