The Bulgarian Linguistic Consciousness Between HOME and HOUSE Cover Image

Българското езиково съзнание между ДОМ и КЪЩА
The Bulgarian Linguistic Consciousness Between HOME and HOUSE

Author(s): Maria Ilieva
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Lexis, Semantics, South Slavic Languages, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: ethnopsycholinguistics; concept; linguistic consciousness; cultural connotation; verbal associations

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the concepts of home and house in the linguistic consciousness of Bulgarians on the basis of data from dictionary descriptions, free associative experiments and Internet sources, as well as of excerpts from literary texts. The dynamics in the development of the concepts is observed, and lexicographic solutions are offered. The conclusions has a practical application in translation.

  • Issue Year: 40/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 181-191
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English, Bulgarian