MATHEMATICAL VERBS IN POLISH AND ENGLISH PHRASEOLOGY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Abstract

The use of mathematical vocabulary in phraseology is a topic of numerous papers as numbers indicate not only quantity but may also have a cultural connotation. In the paper, Polish and English phraseological units with the verbs indicating basic mathematical operations are analysed. The study shows the common phraseological expressions containing these verbs in Polish and English and if there is equivalence between the languages in question.