Taboo and curse in Bulgarian and German linguistic world-image Cover Image

Табу и проклятие в българската и немската езикова картина на света
Taboo and curse in Bulgarian and German linguistic world-image

Author(s): Antoaneta Dimitrova
Subject(s): Semantics, Pragmatics
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: taboo; sacral taboo; unholy taboo; taboo of fear; taboo of delicacy; taboo of propriety; taboo of social tact; taboo of esthetic feeling; curse; blessing

Summary/Abstract: The article adds to the research on taboo in the field of Sacral and Unholy and deals with the positioning of curse and blessing between sacral and unholy taboo. Based on the idea of different kinds of taboo (taboo of fear, taboo of delicacy, taboo of propriety, taboo of social tact and taboo of esthetic feeling) a similar classification is offered with regards to two cultural phenomena - blessing and curse, which are depicted as two opposing entities. This classification is used to discuss different groups of curses with examples form Bulgarian and German.