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PROVERBS: TERMINOLOGY AND POSSIBLE INTERPRETATIONS
PROVERBS: TERMINOLOGY AND POSSIBLE INTERPRETATIONS

Author(s): Elena Croitoru
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Editura Alma Mater
Keywords: fixed expressions; phraseological units; proverbs; terminology

Summary/Abstract: The idea is shared that all fixed expressions, proverbs included, are specific to a certain social, psychologic and cultural background which endows them with certain expressive values. Fixed espressions, in general, and proverbs, in particular, are culturally-or sitautionally-bound. The great variety of proverbs existing in any language brings to the fore a very important aspect, namely that proverbs are coded culturally and lexically and they are a phenomenon of discourse, not simply of lexicon.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 203-211
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English
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