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Burza we frazeologii czeskiej
A storm in Czech phraseology

Author(s): Grażyna Balowska
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Czech phraseology; linguistic picture of the world; phraseological units with component; bouřka; blesk; hrom; vítr;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the analysis of this paper are phraseological units presenting the picture of a storm as a meteorological phenomenon in the Czech language. Phraseologies with the superior component bouřka and components blesk, hrom, vítr have been presented. Those components describe phenomenons accompanying the storm. Together they are the basic symptoms of the storm recorded in the language. The phraseological units discussed in the paper are used to express mainly negative evaluation, which comes from human experience and from contact with dangerous natural phenomena. They primarily describe the physical characteristics of a human being, his behavior, emotions and interpersonal relationships, while less often the elements of the surrounding world and they maintain the following attributes of storm phenomenons: ,loud‘, ,turbulenť,,violent',,angry',,sudden', very fast',,dangerous', destructive'.

  • Issue Year: XIX/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 143-158
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish