FEMININE ANTHROPONOMICAL NAMES IN A NUMBER 
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ANTROPÓNIMOS FEMENINOS EN ALGUNAS EXPRESIONES PAREMIOLÓGICAS ESPAÑOLAS
FEMININE ANTHROPONOMICAL NAMES IN A NUMBER OF SPANISH PHRASES

Author(s): Dana Matei
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura U. T. Press
Keywords: paremiology; phraseology; colloquial speech; folklore;

Summary/Abstract: The present paper is meant to make an excursion through the vast repertoire of Spanish phrases that contain feminine anthroponomical names. The aim of this article is not essentially a theoretical one intended to differentiate between the various types of linguistic units that make up the phraseological field, but to present women who either had a real existence or are fictitious. Their names have remained within paremiological units used in oral discourse with different meanings. Therefore, special attention is paid to the historical fact that underlay the proverbs selected from different Spanish phraseological dictionaries

  • Issue Year: XXV/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 53-70
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Spanish