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Differences between Proverbs and Idioms

Author(s): Seyfettin Altaylı
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Karadeniz Araştırmaları Merkezi
Keywords: Language; God; Turks; Idioms; Proverbs; belief; apprehension; human being

Summary/Abstract: Language is the most precious sociology essence of a nation. Idioms and proverbs reflects national identity to the world. Idioms and proverbs have compact meanings but even then they are different to each other. Some Idioms are very near to proverbs and some proverbs are very near to idioms. The field of Azerbaijan is very vast for Turkish language and some idioms from that area, many idioms are composed from the era of mythology.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 125-134
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Turkish