Concept of ugly in Serbian language: ružno and grdno

We analyze lexical iconicity of basic aesthetic expression categories in Serbian language which expressed concept of ugly-ružno and grdno (“ugly“). Their iconicity is, first of all, associated with the imagination of earthly substance (grdan), but is formed in connection with divine-human-animal op...

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Main Author: Bašić Ivana S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Ethnography, SASA, Belgrade 2016-01-01
Series:Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0861/2016/0350-08611601151B.pdf