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Cognitive Aspects of Zoonym Representation in the Phraseology of Germanic Languages: From Stereotypes to National-Cultural Concepts (Based on German and English Languages)
- Authors: Guseva A.E.1, Korchagina E.P.1
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- Federal State University of Education
- Issue: No 9(903) (2025)
- Pages: 22-29
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2542-2197/article/view/341746
- ID: 341746
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The aim of the study is to identify the cognitive features (models) of phraseological units with a zoonym component in Germanic phraseology (based on data from German and English), as well as to determine the process of transitioning from stereotypes to national-cultural concepts through the comparison of phraseological units and their associated cultural concepts in the examined languages. The research material includes phraseological units with a zoonym component from German (205 units) and English (207 units). The data were analyzed using cognitive and comparative analysis methods, as well as descriptive and semantic analysis techniques. The results of the study consist in the conducting a comparative analysis of the unique cultural characteristics of 205 phraseological units with a zoonymic component in the German language and 207 phraseological units in the English language. The study identifies their integral and differentiating features based on stereotypes, applying a cognitive approach to language.
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Alla Efimovna Guseva
Federal State University of Education
Author for correspondence.
Email: angst51@rambler.ru
Doctor of Philology (Dr. habil.), Professor, Professor at the Department of German and Romance Philology
Russian FederationEkaterina Pavlovna Korchagina
Federal State University of Education
Email: K.korchagina2000@yandex.ru
PhD student, Department of German and Romance Philology
Russian FederationReferences
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