As Much as The Cat Cried, a Few Short Sentences About the Cat's Linguistic Image in Polish and Hungarian Phraseology Cover Image
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Tyle, co kot napłakał, czyli krótkich zdań kilka na temat językowego obrazu kota w polskiej i węgierskiej frazeologii
As Much as The Cat Cried, a Few Short Sentences About the Cat's Linguistic Image in Polish and Hungarian Phraseology

Author(s): Dorota Dziewońska-Kiss
Subject(s): Language studies, Applied Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, Cognitive linguistics, Finno-Ugrian studies, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: the linguistic image of the world; the linguistic image of the cat; parts of the body; cognitive analysis;

Summary/Abstract: In this paper the author presents the linguistic image of the lexemes with cat in Polish and in Hungarian phraseological units. The analysis shows that the cognitive basis of this concept is made up of several categories and conceptualizations. In both languages the image of cat is in most cases similar to and corresponds with the human behaviour.

  • Issue Year: 55/2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 239-246
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish