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THE ANALYSIS OF SPANISH AND UKRAINIAN PROVERBS CHARACTERIZING EVERYDAY LIFE
THE ANALYSIS OF SPANISH AND UKRAINIAN PROVERBS CHARACTERIZING EVERYDAY LIFE

Author(s): Liudmyla Shevchenko
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics, Ethnohistory, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: an adage; an idiom; a metaphor; metaphorization; a conceptual sphere;

Summary/Abstract: The article considers Spanish and Ukrainian adages characterizing everyday life. Specific adage units are interpreted on a basis of metaphorical images. The metaphor as the most common figurative means presented in Spanish proverbs and sayings is analyzed in the article. Attention is focused on mapping behavior, character traits and a person's appearance through the prism of the image of the animal.

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