POLISH AND SLOVENE PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS WHICH INCLUDE THE NAMES OF SELECTED LIVESTOCK (BULL, OX, COW, AND CALF) – A COMPARISON Cover Image

PORÓWNANIE POLSKICH I SŁOWEŃSKICH FRAZEOLOGIZMÓW Z KOMPONENTEM WYBRANYCH ZWIERZĄT DOMOWYCH (BYKA, WOŁU, KROWY I CIELĘCIA)
POLISH AND SLOVENE PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS WHICH INCLUDE THE NAMES OF SELECTED LIVESTOCK (BULL, OX, COW, AND CALF) – A COMPARISON

Author(s): Maria Wtorkowska
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Comparative Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: comparative phraseology; teaching Polish as a foreign language; Polish as a foreign language; Slovenian language;

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to comparative phraseology. The author compares Polish and Slovene phraseological units which include the words byk – bik, wół – vol, krowa – krava, cielę – tele. She analyses their usage and metaphorical meaning in both languages. The result of the analysis is a list of characteristics humans attribute to livestock.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 403-412
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish