THE DOG AS A METAPHOR OF SYMBOL IN CHINESE POPULAR PHRASEOLOGY

• Authors: Hatalová Henrieta
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The current article is an attempt to examine the Chinese popular phraseology with dog motifs from the point of view of how Chinese proverbs and sayings make use of the motif mentioned as a) - a metaphor or b) - a phraseological symbol. Between the symbolics of the dog in Chinese traditional and popular culture there is sometimes a significant difference, the dog as a symbol in phraseology can be classified mainly as an ambivalent symbol, in spite of the prevailing positive symbolics in various areas of traditional culture.

Keywords

EN

ANIMALS; CHINESE POPULAR LITERATURE & CULTURE; DOG MOTIFS; PHRASEOLOGY; SYMBOLICS

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Asian and African Studies
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 161 - 185
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Hatalová Henrieta

• Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• H. Hatalova, Ustav orientalistiky SAV, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08SKAAAA04498700