The Universal and National-Cultural Specificity of Idioms Incorporating the Component 'Black'

Ch. B. Abdullaeva, F. F. Tairova

2023

Abstract

This article analyses idioms incorporating 'Black/Чёрный/Қорa', representing universal and culturally specific elements. The author notes no significant distinctions between English and Russian idiomatic units, with many shared features. Universally, 'black' symbolises evil, unhappiness, and mourning, and associates with concepts such as gloominess, negative traits, stubbornness, challenges, and illegality. English idioms highlight cultural specifics like anger-driven violence, mundane aspects, and affiliations with the church or judiciary. The emergence of non-equivalent phrases is linked to historic factors like the invention of printing, cultural realities, slavery, piracy, and geographical elements.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Abdullaeva C. and Tairova F. (2023). The Universal and National-Cultural Specificity of Idioms Incorporating the Component 'Black'. In Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR; ISBN 978-989-758-687-3, SciTePress, pages 419-422. DOI: 10.5220/0012489600003792

in Bibtex Style

@conference{pamir23,
author={Ch. B. Abdullaeva and F. F. Tairova},
title={The Universal and National-Cultural Specificity of Idioms Incorporating the Component 'Black'},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR},
year={2023},
pages={419-422},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012489600003792},
isbn={978-989-758-687-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR
TI - The Universal and National-Cultural Specificity of Idioms Incorporating the Component 'Black'
SN - 978-989-758-687-3
AU - Abdullaeva C.
AU - Tairova F.
PY - 2023
SP - 419
EP - 422
DO - 10.5220/0012489600003792
PB - SciTePress