Тема рождения и её табуирование в русских и английских фразеологизмах

Abstract

Статья посвящена анализу русских и английских фразеологизмов, с помощью которых әвфемизируется в речевой культуре тема рождения. Выделяются образы, лежащие в основе фразеологизмов, употребляющихся с әвфемистической функцией в русскоязычной и англоязычной культуре.

The article deals with the analysis of Russian and English phraseological units which are used euphemistically when people address the topic of birth. The topic of birth and pregnancy has always been of key importance in different cultures. However, birth being a sensible subject, speakers of different languages have always tried not to state things straightforwardly while discussing the topic. The main objective of the research given is to describe the images forming a basis of phraseological euphemisms used to talk about birth and pregnancy, as well as identify the main similarities and differences of such euphemisms in the English and Russian languages.