Abstract

The research paper deals with the linguistic picture of hair in the Slovak language and culture. The research is realized within the field of cognitive ethnolinguistics. The main goal is to delineate how hair is conceptualized by Slovak speakers. The methodological approach is based on the analysis and interpretation of language and textual data (mainly phraseology) to provide a holistic picture of hair and its perception from different angles. Method of profilation is employed to identify stereotypes which constitute the linguistic picture of hair and to show how they manifest in language.

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