Bulgarian and Russian Zoomorphic Figurative Comparisons Reflecting Human Appearance

摘要

The paper presents the research aimed at the identification of the similarities and differences in zoomorphic figurative comparisons existing to describe human appearance in the Bulgarian and Russian linguocultures. The research is based on the materials of lexicographic publications of B. Yanev, K. Ankova-Nicheva, K. Nicheva, S. Spasova-Mikhailova and K. Cholakova, A. K. Koshelev and M. A. Leonidova, L. A. Lebedeva, V. M. Mokiyenko, V. M. Ogoltsevv and R. Holandi.