Incomprehensible languages in idiomsfunctional equivalents and bilingual dictionaries
- DeCesaris, Janet Ann (coord.)
- Bernal, Elisenda (coord.)
Editorial: Institut Universitari de Lingüística Aplicada. Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Documenta Universitaria, 2008
ISBN: 978-84-96742-67-3
Año de publicación: 2008
Páginas: 1473-1476
Congreso: EURALEX. International Congress (13. 2008. Barcelona)
Tipo: Aportación congreso
Resumen
Phraseology is a source of interesting information on the speakers. world view and different fixed expressions are used in different languages when one does not understand the message. Lack of understanding of what is said or written is often associated with the inability to comprehend the language, which is proved by the use of idiomatic expressions containing names of different foreign languages considered to be particularly difficult in a given society. In this paper several bilingual dictionaries are consulted in order to: 1) find equivalents of some expressions of that kind in English, Polish and Spanish; 2) review their lexicographical treatment; and 3) see how the recorded parallels correspond with the functional view of idiom equivalents proposed by Dobrovol'skij (2000 a, b).