Folk creation – source of a community imagology (study based on proverbs containing the somatism „nose”) Cover Image

Creaţia populară – sursă a imagologiei unei comunităţi (studiu în baza proverbelor ce conţin somatismul nas)
Folk creation – source of a community imagology (study based on proverbs containing the somatism „nose”)

Author(s): Elena Lacusta
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Cognitive linguistics
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: phraseological unit; association; stimulus; reaction; somatism

Summary/Abstract: In a paradigm of somatic symbolism valorized by the Romanian proverbs, the somatism „nose” receives semantic nuances foreign of its meaning in the dictionary. It describes, names and appreciates aspects of relationships person - person in terms of cohabitation. Thus the nose symbolizes and marks its holder status, behaviour, pride, shame, etc. The same somatism names metonymically a specific holder of the nose and a very personal part of him.

  • Issue Year: 23/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 40-46
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian