TY - JOUR N2 - The article deals with the Russian and Polish phraseologisms including some proverbs and sayings describing madness and the lack of mind. The material has been presented with regard to dominating imaginations of madness and stupidity being displayed in the semantics of examined units. These units include – hitting, aside movement, the lack of sensitivity to outer stimuli, the fragmentation of entirety, lack of components, etc. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/108719/PDF/Linguistica%20Silesiana%2039%2017-M.Walczak.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/108719 PY - 2018 DO - 10.24425/linsi.2018.124584 KW - phraseologism KW - proverb KW - madness KW - lack of intellect KW - semantics KW - motivation A1 - Walczak, Maciej PB - Polska Akademia Nauk • Oddział w Katowicach VL - vol. 39 DA - 2018.09.04 T1 - Bыбранные pусские и польские фразеологизмы, связанные с безумием и недостатком интеллекта (мотивационно-семантический аспект) UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/108719 T2 - LINGUISTICA SILESIANA ER -