A CONTRASTIVE APPROACH TO ENGLISH AND ITALIAN PROVERBS ON BODY PARTS
A CONTRASTIVE APPROACH TO ENGLISH AND ITALIAN PROVERBS ON BODY PARTS
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Author(s): Silvia Madincea PascuSubject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Education, Foreign languages learning, Theoretical Linguistics, Lexis, Comparative Linguistics
Published by: Editura Politehnica
Keywords: proverbs; body parts; semantic classification; teaching
Summary/Abstract: The richness and frequency of Italian and English proverbs containing terms as head - testa, capo, eye - occhio, forehead - fronte, nose – naso, mouth - bocca, hand - mano, arm - braccio leg/foot - piede, etc. all referring to different parts of the body, are well-known. The aim of the present paper is to make a detailed contrastive analysis of the proverbs containing these terms as a dominant term in the two languages, based on their semantic classification. Moreover, the second part of the paper makes some useful suggestions for teaching and learning such proverbs.
Journal: Professional Communication and Translation Studies
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 125-135
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
