CULTUREME AS A COMPONENT OF BULGARIAN AND CROATIAN IDIOMS

Abstract

This paper presents Bulgarian and Croatian idioms as cultural signs. The main goal is to detect cultural and national connotation of idioms. This research is primarily an analysis of idioms containing cultureme (the culture bond term). A classification of the culturemes is suggested according to idioms found in Bulgarian and Croatian language and their national markedness. Collected idioms are analyzed from the semantic and linguoculturological aspect.