Stupidity in Polish and Bulgarian Phraseologisms with a ‘Head’ Component
This paper analyses Polish and Bulgarian phraseologisms containing the lexeme ‘head’ that describe intellectual deficiencies. Most of the phrases studied are based on the metaphor of the head as a container. These phrasemes can be categorised into two main groups: (a) those reflecting faults in the...
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| description | This paper analyses Polish and Bulgarian phraseologisms containing the lexeme ‘head’ that describe intellectual deficiencies. Most of the phrases studied are based on the metaphor of the head as a container. These phrasemes can be categorised into two main groups: (a) those reflecting faults in the functioning of the mental apparatus, and (b) those indicating the absence of a brain or its substitution with low-value replacements. Another notable group comprises metonymic structures in which ‘head’ represents the concept of a human, often accompanied by pejorative descriptors. The comparative analysis of bilingual material reveals both similarities and differences in the formal structure, semantic content, and imagery characterising the Polish and Bulgarian expressions within this semantic domain. Original title in Polish: Głupota w polskich i bułgarskich związkach frazeologicznych z komponentem ‘głowa’ / ‘глава’. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-76f36a2a17ec4aa2b3c956bb0e6353f72025-01-14T14:26:06ZbulMaria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityZeszyty Cyrylo-Metodiańskie2449-82972024-01-0113241254http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/zcm.2024.13.241-254Stupidity in Polish and Bulgarian Phraseologisms with a ‘Head’ Component Joanna Mleczko0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4786-1759University of Silesia in KatowiceThis paper analyses Polish and Bulgarian phraseologisms containing the lexeme ‘head’ that describe intellectual deficiencies. Most of the phrases studied are based on the metaphor of the head as a container. These phrasemes can be categorised into two main groups: (a) those reflecting faults in the functioning of the mental apparatus, and (b) those indicating the absence of a brain or its substitution with low-value replacements. Another notable group comprises metonymic structures in which ‘head’ represents the concept of a human, often accompanied by pejorative descriptors. The comparative analysis of bilingual material reveals both similarities and differences in the formal structure, semantic content, and imagery characterising the Polish and Bulgarian expressions within this semantic domain. Original title in Polish: Głupota w polskich i bułgarskich związkach frazeologicznych z komponentem ‘głowa’ / ‘глава’.https://journals.umcs.pl/zcm/article/view/18438comparative linguisticssomatic phraseologylinguistic metaphors |
| spellingShingle | Joanna Mleczko Stupidity in Polish and Bulgarian Phraseologisms with a ‘Head’ Component Zeszyty Cyrylo-Metodiańskie comparative linguistics somatic phraseology linguistic metaphors |
| title | Stupidity in Polish and Bulgarian Phraseologisms with a ‘Head’ Component |
| title_full | Stupidity in Polish and Bulgarian Phraseologisms with a ‘Head’ Component |
| title_fullStr | Stupidity in Polish and Bulgarian Phraseologisms with a ‘Head’ Component |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stupidity in Polish and Bulgarian Phraseologisms with a ‘Head’ Component |
| title_short | Stupidity in Polish and Bulgarian Phraseologisms with a ‘Head’ Component |
| title_sort | stupidity in polish and bulgarian phraseologisms with a head component |
| topic | comparative linguistics somatic phraseology linguistic metaphors |
| url | https://journals.umcs.pl/zcm/article/view/18438 |
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