Kvalitatiivsed muutused fraseoloogias: olemus ja suunajad

• Authors: Katre Oim , Asta Oim

Title variants

EN

QUALITATIVE CHANGES IN PHRASEOLOGY: GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND CATALYSTS

• Languages of publication: ET

Abstracts

EN

The article observes the qualitative change of lexical units as a natural part of the language development process. The authors aspire to explicate the regularities in the changes that the meaning of phraseological expressions has undergone. This is performed on the example of the phrase läheb nagu lepase reega ‘goes as on an alder sleigh’ – an etymologically old and genuine phrase that is popularly used in Estonian dialectal, colloquial and literary language and whose semantic meaning has been subject to the largest possible qualitative change. The reconceptualization of the motif can be explained by the context of the image formation and the cognitive motivation of the motion event.

Keywords

EN

Estonian; aspect; cognitive linguistics; conceptual metaphor; image schema; motion event; phraseology

• Publisher: Folk Belief and Media Group of the Estonian Literary Museum, Estonian Institute of Folklore, EKM Teaduskirjastus
• Journal: Mäetagused
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 51
• Pages: 59–80

Contributors

author

Katre Oim

• Institute of Estonian Language and Culture, Tallinn University, Narva Rd 25, 10120 Tallinn, Estonia

author

Asta Oim

• Estonian Literary Museum, Vanemuise 42, 51003 Tartu, Estonia