ZUR KONZEPTUALISIERUNG EXTREMER GEISTESZUSTÄNDE IN DER DEUTSCHEN UND RUMÄNISCHEN PHRASEOLOGIE.

ON THE CONCEPTUALISATION OF EXTREME STATES OF MIND IN GERMAN AND ROMANIAN PHRASEOLOGY.

The orientation of phraseological nomination towards the human allows the reflection of everyday collective observations, experiences and evaluations of a certain (norm-deviating) behaviour or action. The paper explores the role of the linguistic image in the metaphorisation of the concept ‘Wahnsinn’/‘Verrücktheit’ in German and Romanian, in order to ask about the productive initial domains for the conceptualisation of this term, since conceptual spheres allow conclusions to be drawn about the models of thought and values anchored in the language. The interlingual analysis of this particular excerpt from the German and Romanian lexicon of phrases makes it clear that one cannot speak of serious differences in the phraseological realisation or of differing valuations and that universal and productive metaphorical patterns can be discerned in the conceptualisation of ‘Wahnsinn’/‘Verrücktheit’ in German and in Romanian. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]