Mentalno-językowy kształt piękna w języku polskim i słowackim (w uformowaniu jednostek wielowyrazowych ze znaczeniem piękna)
The Mental and Linguistic Shape of Beauty in Polish and Slovakian (in the Fonnation of Multiword Units with the Meaning of Beauty)

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the determinants of the sensory and mental reproduction and the linguistic shaping of beauty, objectified in the diversified multiword units of Polish and Slovakian. Three basic determinants can be distinguished in forming and presenting beauty which come down to: beauty presented directly and indirectly, its lack and ugliness, permanence and impermanence of beauty, losing and gaining beauty, properties of beauty and beauty manifestations, the effects of beauty, attitudes to beauty and the correlation of beauty and other ideas. The comparative research reveals the mechanisms lying at the foundation of the image of beauty, it provides a comprehensive presentation of the phenomenon of beauty fixed in word compounds of the compared languages, and thus the presentation of the regularity of universal and specific linguistic nature.

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