Open AccessIDIOMS AND ORIENTATION LEXICAL METAPHORS IN WORKS BY V. BRUSOV
Author(s) -
Pavel Dronov
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
brûsovskie čteniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2579-2709
DOI - 10.31377/brus.v0i0.364
Subject(s) - phraseology , linguistics , orientation (vector space) , emphasis (telecommunications) , gesture , poetry , computer science , literature , psychology , art , philosophy , mathematics , geometry , telecommunications
The paper deals with V. Brusov’s use of idioms, collocations, gesture nominations, as well as the original phrases coined by the author. Emphasis is put on somatic idioms and orientation metaphors. The Russian National Corpus shows that while the author tends to use idioms and collocations in his prose more frequently, it is poetry where he modifies them. In the conclusion, the paper provides an explanation to this based on both phraseology and literature studies.