Phraseologisms with noun "Ear" in German language and their counterparts in Bosnian language Cover Image

Phraseologismen mit dem Substantiv "Ohr" in der deutschen Sprache und ihre Entsprechungen in der bosnischen Sprache
Phraseologisms with noun "Ear" in German language and their counterparts in Bosnian language

Author(s): Emina Hodžić
Subject(s): Lexis, Semantics, Comparative Linguistics, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Matica Hrvatska Tuzla
Keywords: phrasemes;somatism;ear;contrastive phraseology;corpus analysis;

Summary/Abstract: The subject matter of this paper is the research of phrasemes with the noun ear in German and their equivalent phrasemes in Bosnian. The aim of the paper is a detailed noticing of similarities and differences between the phrasemes in starting and target language, and their classification in the equivalent groups.. The paper is divided in two parts: the fi rst one is about the main characteristics of phrasemes, their features and classification. Contrastive phraseology has an important role in the second part, where the groups of equivalents have been presented.In the practical part, the phrasemes with the noun ear in German have been analysed from Duden 11 Dictionary and there is an explanation of each phraseme meaning and its equivalent phraseme in Bosnian. Possible aberrations have been described for phrasemes that do not have the appropriate equivalent. This contrastive analysis of phrasemes shows that we have lots of same or similar phrasemes with the noun ear but also some different ones as well. Thelist of phrasemes related to the corpus in both languages is the component part of the paper.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 95-109
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: German