Народні уявлення про хвороби крізь призму фразеології української та польської мов
Folk perceptions of disease through the prism of Ukrainian and Polish phraseology
Author(s): Iryna ChyborSubject(s): Language studies, Customs / Folklore, Philology
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: phraseology; phraseological unit; ethnic culture; folk representation; personification; disease;
Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the phraseological units of the Ukrainian and Polish languages motivated by folk perceptions of the etiology of diseases; describes ethnocultural features of the formation of the analyzed units; and reveals that in Ukrainian and Polish phraseology the idea of personification and demonic origin of diseases is highlighted by coding in the phraseological units: 1) the outward appearance of mythical creatures similar to the appearance of an afflicted person; 2) specific actions of the personified disease that lead to the deterioration of health or even death; 3) folk ways of treating illness and so on.
Journal: Studia z Filologii Polskiej i Słowiańskiej
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 52
- Page Range: 46-75
- Page Count: 30
- Language: Ukrainian