FLORONYM МАК / POPPY IN THE NATIONAL WORLD CONCEPTION OF UKRAINIAN AND ENGLISH SPEAKERS

Keywords: phraseologism, floronym poppy / мак, symbolical meaning, semantics, idiom, paroemia

Abstract

The article is an attempt to study the semantics of floronyms мак / poppy in the Ukrainian and English languages. It focuses on the study of the inner form of idioms and paroemias that have the analysed component-flower as a part of their structure. Universal characteristics of the semantics of the given floronyms have been researched. Specific national features of the semantics of the analysed floronyms are singled out for both languages under research. The concepts that are phraseologically actualized in the Ukrainian and English languages due to the semantic components of floronyms мак / poppy have been deduced. Metaphoric meanings of the floronyms under analysis that serve as constituents in idiomatic units and paroemias of the contrasted languages have been scrutinized. Cultural significance of the flowers poppy / мак has been revealed for both linguocultures. Symbolical meanings of the analysed floronyms have been examined in the Ukrainian and English linguocultures.

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2021-02-12
How to Cite
Cherniavska, A. (2021). FLORONYM МАК / POPPY IN THE NATIONAL WORLD CONCEPTION OF UKRAINIAN AND ENGLISH SPEAKERS. Scientific Journal of Polonia University, 42(5), 8-18. https://doi.org/10.23856/4201
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LANGUAGE, CULTURE, COMMUNICATION