THE PERCEPTION OF OTHERNESS IN THE ITALIAN AND CROATIAN PHRASEOLOGY
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.38003/zrffs.14.7
Antonia Luketin Alfirević, Sveučilište u Splitu, Filozofski fakultet, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1000-4104
Katarina Matković, Sveučilište u Splitu, Filozofski fakultet, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6868-3579
Abstract:
The identification of one’s own community as well as the definition of oneself stems
from the contraposition with otherness through various prejudices or stereotypes. The
aim of this paper is to analyse linguistic reflections of the perception of oneself as well
as of others within the Italian and Croatian phraseology. Having in mind certain general
considerations about the fundamental bonds between the language and the culture,
the Author analyses idiomatic expressions containing ethnonyms. The Italian examples
indicating foreigners are confronted with the Croatian examples in order to establish
the image of others as well as the peculiarities of different cultures and mentalities
within the field of phraseology. Lastly, similarities and differences between the two
languages are described at the semantic, sociolinguistic and cultural level.
Key words:
Italian phraseology, Croatian phraseology, stereotypes, ethnonyms
