Role of linguistic context in defining the meaning of phrases in children's literature

Frazeologija je najmlađa jezična disciplina koja nije zanimljiva samo jezikoslovcima, već i širem krugu ljudi – piscima, književnicima, novinarima ili zaljubljenicima u jezik. Frazeologiju čine frazemi. Frazemi ne nastaju u govornom procesu, već su naučena, usvojena i zapamćena cjelina (Fink-Arsovski, 2002). Dio su svakodnevnoga govora, komunikacije i pisane riječi odraslih. Postavlja se pitanje koliko su frazemi bliski djeci i razumiju li njihovo značenje. Djeca se s frazemima susreću vrlo rano, slušanjem govora i komunikacije okoline, čitanjem i vlastitom upotrebom. Dječja je književnost bogata frazemima, susretanjem s njima djeca bogate i nadograđuju svoj vokabular. Učenje, usvojenost i razumijevanje frazema može se postići čitanjem, stoga je bitno da sadržaj koji se djetetu nudi bude pomno odabran. Frazemi bogate i nadograđuju djetetov vokabular. Svrha je frazema da se sadržaj poruke naglasi, istakne te da je zabavnog karaktera. Kako bi dijete moglo razvijati i unapređivati vlastite jezične kompetencije, potrebno mu je ponuditi poticajno okruženje. No, na koji način djeca određuju značenje frazema? Pomaže li im kontekst? Ta pitanja bila su pokretač istraživanja. Zbog toga cilj ovog istraživanja bio je istražiti koju ulogu kontekst (konkretan primjer) ima u djetetovu određivanju značenja frazema. Istraživanje je provedeno s troje djece školske dobi u Đakovu uz pomoć intervjua.Phraseology is the youngest language discipline that is not only interesting to linguists, but also to a wider circle of people - writers, writers, journalists or language lovers. The study of figurative language consists of idioms. Idioms do not occur in the speech process but function as a learned, adopted and memorised whole (Fink – Arsovski, 2002). They are a part of everyday speech, communication and written words of adults. The question is how close idioms are to children and whether they have idiom comprehension skills. Children encounter idioms very early, by listening to the speech and communication of the environment, by reading and using it for themselves. Children literature is full of figurative forms and by exposing children to idioms they enhance their vocabulary. Figurative form acquisition can be achieved, so it is important that the content offered to a child is carefully selected. Figurative forms build up and develop children's vocabulary. The purpose of figurative language is to emphasize the content of the message, and to make it entertaining. In order for a child to be able to develop and improve their own language competences, it is necessary to offer them a stimulating environment. But how do the children determine the meaning of an idiom? Does context help them? These questions were the driving force behind the research. Therefore, the aim of this research was to investigate what role context (specific examples) has on children's idiom acquisition. The research was conducted with three school-age children in Đakovo with he help of an interview