The Component “Seven” in Slavic Phraseology and Paremical Units Cover Image

Komponent „siedem” w słowiańskiej frazeologii i paremice
The Component “Seven” in Slavic Phraseology and Paremical Units

Author(s): Włodzimierz Wysoczański
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Philology, Phraseology
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: numerical phraseologisms; numerical paremias; number seven; conceptualisation; Slavic languages

Summary/Abstract: Units with a numeral component are clearly noticeable in phraseo-paremical resources. This is particularly the case of richly represented multiword combinations with the lexeme “seven”. The comparative analysis presented in this article considers the phrases and paremias of Slavic languages with the component “seven”. They manifest a conceptualising numerical dimension in indications of quantity and intensity by reference to the value of seven units of something, and also by variance or opposition within numerical indices with the central segment “seven”.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 55
  • Page Range: 1-22
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish