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The phraseological fund in the writings of Miro Gavran
Čauševič, Amra ; Jirásek, Karel (advisor) ; Vlašić, Marija (referee)
The thesis outlines the definition of phraseme, it being based on expert syntheses of Czech, Slovak and Croatian phraseology, and describes the types. This description is used as a clue to work with selected texts. The main part of the thesis is devoted to analysis in which selected prose and dramatic texts of Croatian writer Miro Gavran are analisedin. Idioms from the texts were first traced, sorted and then processed and exmined. The goal of the analysis was to observe the procedures which the author uses within his phraseological fund. It was ascertained that phraseological combination are more frequent in comedies and humorous texts. Furthermore, it was found that variants of auctorial phrasemes are created in similar practices.
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Breathing and respiration as the source domain of conceptual metaphors in Czech
Bulak, Patrik ; Vaňková, Irena (advisor) ; Janovec, Ladislav (referee)
Bachelor thesis is focused on the semantic sphere of breathing and respiration. It is based on theories and methods of cognitive-cultural approach to language. The first chapter concerns the conceptual metaphor theory, metonymy cognitive concepts and the metaphor combined with metonymy (the metaphtonymy). The next chapter brings examined semantic sphere based on data from interpretation, etymological dictionaries etc. The attention is drawn in particular on metaphor and metonymy, to which the data refer. The third chapter deals with the physical experience of breathing in its entirety (sensory perception of breathing and experiencing of own respiration). There is also outlined, how this experience base is projected into the language. The crucial chapter of the thesis presents the classification of the collected material of language: it shows which target domains are related to source domain of breathing and respiration on the metaphorical expressions excerpted from phraseological dictionaries in the form of idioms. Research has shown that the breathing and respiration in the source domain are used primarily metonymically. Then it is possible to distinguish the metaphors from metonymy (metaphtonymies) and the "pure" metaphors (personifications). Based on the data interpretation there are at the end...
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Horse in Czech Phraseology, Proverbs and Fairy Tales. Contribution to the Linguistic Picture of the World
Kovařík, Tadeáš ; Vaňková, Irena (advisor) ; Lehečková, Eva (referee)
The focus of this bachelor thesis is the image of the horse in the Czech phraseology, proverbs and fairytales of Karel Jaromír Erben. The material processing has been based on cognitive linguistics and linguistic worldview theory and their methodological tools. First, the theoretical-methodological scope is explained with the focus on cognitive approach to language and linguistic worldview. Using these methods, the language and culture image of the horse in Czech environmentis processed, as presented by dictionaries. The etymology and history of the expression are examined; the meanings are defined using monolingual dictionaries, followed by the list of the most common synonyms, hyponyms and co hyponyms (hřebec, kobyla/klisna, hříbě etc.) On the grounds of phraseology, idiomology and paremiology as well as figurative usage, neologisms, derivations and compositions, the stereotype of the horse in Czech linguistic worldview is described. This is followed by the image of the horse in Erben's České pohádky. At the end of the thesis an open definition of the expression horse is given.
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German idioms containing animal names and their Czech equivalents
Matysková, Tereza ; Zeman, Dalibor (advisor) ; Broukalová, Jindra (referee)
This bachelor thesis aims to introduce German idioms containing animal names and compare them with their equivalents in Czech on the basis of the degree of equivalence. The thesis has a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part is devoted to phraseology as a linguistic discipline, its history, the division of phrasemes, the outline of the equivalence degree and the strategy of phraseme translation. The practical part contains specific German idioms, collected from linguistic dictionary. It divides these selected idioms into groups according to the degree of equivalence, offers a suitable Czech equivalent, describes their meaning and shows examples of the use of these idioms in context. This work found out that fully equivalent idioms predominate and thus confirmed the hypothesis that there is a high degree of full equivalence between Czech and German idioms with animal names.
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Czech and Russian Similes in Terms of Human Appearance and Personality in Comparison
Mazurová, Anna ; Rozboudová, Lenka (advisor) ; Konečný, Jakub (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the comparison of Czech and Russian similes, which are semantically focused on the appearance and personality of a human being. The theoretical part summarizes the knowledge about phraseology and its position within the linguistic system, about the phraseological unit and about similes. The practical part is focused on the analysis of selected phrases in the Czech and Russian languages. The similes are entered into charts and categorized according to their meaning and degree of equivalence. In the charts, each simile is given a definition, an example of use in context and the degree of equivalence. The results are then analysed and summarised in the conclusion. The aim of the thesis is to confirm or deny the hypothesis regarding the frequency of occurrence of full and partial equivalence. Keywords Phraseology, phraseological unit, equivalence, language, culture
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Phraseology at Primary School
Vancová, Klára ; Hájková, Eva (advisor) ; Palkosková, Olga (referee)
The thesis focuses on primary school pupils, specifically on the pupils of the second educational period, whose knowledge and understanding of folk phrasal idioms are examined. The theoretical part of the thesis is devoted to the definition of important terms in the field of phraseology, such as the definition and characteristics of a phrasal idiom, its function, possible ways of phrasal idoms classification and various variants and updates of phrasal idioms. Furthermore, the thesis explores the influence of the social background, from which a pupil comes, on the knowledge of phrasal idioms. The thesis also addresses possible ways how a primary school can influence pupil's knowledge of folk phrasal idioms and understanding them. The practical part of the thesis includes the main survey, where the research method is quantitative. The survey is conducted through open-ended questionnaires. The total number of respondents, who participated in the main survey, is 301. Respondents attend both municipal schools, which are in Prague as well as in other cities, and smaller schools in villages. Based on the analysis of textbooks, it is assumed that pupils have a greater opportunity to encounter folk phrasal idioms than cultural phrasal idioms. For this reason, the practical part of the thesis focuses only on...
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