CONCEPT OF DEATH IN LATIN PROVERBS AND SAYINGS
Journal Title: Закарпатські філологічні студії - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
This article analyses a concept death as a unit of mentality and worldview. The purpose of the study is to extract semantic features of the concept death in Latin proverbs. The source basis of the investigation was the Latin paremiological units and phraseologisms that verbalize the representation of the ancient Romans about the finale of earthly existence, that explicate the physical, moral and axiological signs of death. The reasons of appearance of positive or negative connotations in the proverbs and sayings with the mentioned components are explained. Traditions and customs of the Roman people are imprinted on the formation of a death’s image in Roman linguoculturology.
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М. Й. Петришин
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