The image of a woman in Russian phraseological comparisons Cover Image

Образ женщины в русских устойчивых сравнениях
The image of a woman in Russian phraseological comparisons

Author(s): Dorota Muszyńska-Wolny
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, Phraseology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: phraseology; phraseological comparisons; natural language metaphysics; the image of a woman in Russian

Summary/Abstract: The standard of comparison in a phraseological comparison is an exemplary carrier of the tertium comparationis. The analysis of such phraseological comparisons, which are united by the commonality of the standard of comparison, makes it possible to identify those features that, for native speakers of this language, members of a given cultural environment, are so typical that it even becomes a symbol of this feature. In this article, the standard of comparison is ‘woman’. Her features expressed in tertium comparationis allow us to check how Russians see a woman, how she is evaluated, how they treat her and what stereotypes about women are reflected in the Russian language.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 185-200
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Russian