Latin Idioms with an Onomastic Component in a Linguo-Culturological Context Cover Image

Латински фразеологизми с ономастичен компонент в лингво-културологичен аспект
Latin Idioms with an Onomastic Component in a Linguo-Culturological Context

Author(s): Pepa Lungarova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Semantics, Descriptive linguistics, Phraseology
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: phraseological unit; onomastic component; anthroponyms; toponyms; antonomasia; concept; cultural-linguistic aspect
Summary/Abstract: The present paper explores the phraseological meaning and linguistic-cultural aspects of the latin phraseological units, so called “”flying thoughts”, containing onomastic component. The material was selected from “Dictionary of the Latin flying thoughts” (1982), edited by N. Babichev and J. Borovskij. The attention is paid to the semantic of phraseologisms, to different approaches of their synchronic and diachronic description, and to cultural specificity. Reflecting the nature of the Roman conception of the world and the human relationships phraseological units proceed from the subjective human experience. Proper names are linguistic items fulfilling a referential function. The proper names in phraseological units are of great importance in communication where they are signs of cultural, linguistic, geographical, ethnic and social identity.