ABOUT SIMILES WITH TERTIUM COMPARATIONIS SMART/STUPID IN BULGARIAN (IN COMPARISON WITH MODERN GREEK)
| dc.contributor.author | Nikolova, Gergana | |
| dc.contributor.author | Николова, Гергана | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-12-05T20:07:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-12-05T20:07:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-05-16 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The present study researches similes, in which the antonym pair smart, clever/stupid plays the role of tertium comparationis. The study adopts a comparative approach, focusing on Bulgarian as the source language and seeking equivalent units in Modern Greek. Stable comparisons are built using the X as Y construction, and often the right side of the comparative constructions is polycomponent. Such units express primarily a pejorative evaluative attitude, which is anthropocentrically oriented – a significant predominance of excerpted comparisons with the component stupid is noted. There are fewer comparative constructions that include the quality of smart/clever as the tertium comparationis. Similes are interesting and significant from both a linguistic and a folkpsychological perspective. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2682-9460 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.uni-plovdiv.bg/handle/store/760 | |
| dc.language.iso | other | |
| dc.publisher | Plovdiv University Press | |
| dc.subject | as X as Y | |
| dc.subject | smart | |
| dc.subject | clever/stupid | |
| dc.subject | similes | |
| dc.subject | Bulgarian | |
| dc.subject | Modern Greek | |
| dc.title | ABOUT SIMILES WITH TERTIUM COMPARATIONIS SMART/STUPID IN BULGARIAN (IN COMPARISON WITH MODERN GREEK) | |
| dc.title.alternative | ЗА УСТОЙЧИВИТЕ СРАВНЕНИЯ С TERTIUM COMPARATIONIS УМЕН/ГЛУПАВ В БЪЛГАРСКИЯ ЕЗИК (В СЪПОСТАВКА С НОВОГРЪЦКИ ЕЗИК) | |
| dc.type | Article |