Published: 2021-06-29

Anthropocentrically Marked Idioms with Species Names of Birds

Beata Burska-Ratajczyk Logo ORCID

Abstract

This article describes anthropocentrically marked idioms with species names of birds in their structure. The material presented here shows the importance of the relationships between birds and humans as fixed in Polish phraseology. Structurally varied combinations of words containing a bird component serve as metaphorical characterizations of humans. Experiences and observations contained in them connote both positive and negative values. Those values concern not only the appearance of people, but also the intellect, human experience, and the general principles of human life.

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Burska-Ratajczyk, B. (2021). Anthropocentrically Marked Idioms with Species Names of Birds. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (1 (7), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2021.07.11

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No. 1 (7) (2021)
Published: 2021-09-28


ISSN: 2719-2687
eISSN: 2451-3849
Ikona DOI 10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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