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Variație lexicală în proverbul românesc
Lexical variation in the Romanian proverbs

Author(s): Doina Macarie
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Universitatea »1 Decembrie 1918« Alba Iulia
Keywords: proverbs, saying; lingvistic variation; free variation; diatopic variation; diaphasic variation; diastratic variation; origin or characteristic feature

Summary/Abstract: The study presents details about the origin and the characteristic feature of Romanian Proverbs by highlighting works about saying, for instance ”The Structure of the Romanian Proverbs” by Constantin Negreanu, or ”The Poetics of the Proverbs” by Cezar Tabarcea, insisting on the problematic of the national characteristic feature. I analyse the paremiologic correspondences with other folklore creations, as Proverbs and Sayings by defining both species and identifying common aspects and differences. This thesis develops the modality in which the context of the proverb acts upon the pattern of the proverb. There are also different types of proverbs introduced that were identified by paremiologists. The thesis also contains definition of the concept: ”lingvistic variation”, ”free variation”, and the concepts enunciated by E. Coșeriu: ”diatopic variation”, ”diaphasic variation” or ”diastratic variation” and their application in the structure of Romanian Proverbs.

  • Issue Year: 17/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 229-238
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian
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