HORSE IMAGES IN ENGLISH PHRASEOLOGY –STATUS AND IDENTITY
HORSE IMAGES IN ENGLISH PHRASEOLOGY –STATUS AND IDENTITY

Summary/Abstract: Phraseology studies all word combinations having structural stability such as idioms, phrasal verbs, compounds, proverbs, sayings and other phraseological units. English phraseology is a complicated and vast mixture of fixed word-units of different types and styles. In structure and pattern, a part of them can be easily detected in other languages while some of them reflect a peculiar cultural background. Animal images appear in all types conveying a meaning which define nation’s customs, traditions and prejudices, experiences and recollections from history and folktales. Mostly based on metaphors, picturesque and colourful they stand as real markers of linguistic and race identity as in the case of the horse-related phraseological combinations.

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