ACADEMIC JOURNAL
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ISSN 2542-1077 (Print) ISSN 1994-5973 (Online) |
MULTI-ASPECT ANALYSIS OF PAROEMIOLOGICAL UNITS OF THE LANGUAGES OF THE PEOPLES OF RUSSIA |
Bredis M. A. | Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba |
Keywords: paremiology proverb values thrift Finno-Ugric languages ethnolinguistic markers linguacultural analysis |
Summary: The article examines proverbs as part of the paremiological picture of the world and a source of cumu-
lative information. Ethnically marked proverbs determine the cultural memory and the unique proverbial world picture
of a particular people. Metaphors behind proverbs are specific, while proverbial ideas are universal. The article is
aimed at presenting the results of a comparative analysis of proverbs of the Finno-Ugric peoples about thrift against the
background of paremias of structurally different languages. A total of 72 proverbs of the Karelian, Veps, Komi, Mari,
Mordvin, and Udmurt languages were examined against the background of more than 400 proverbs of 11 structurally
different languages using the method of comparative linguacultural analysis based on the theory of semantic models
in paremiology. Several common proverbial models were identified based on semantics. Common and ethnoculturally
marked proverbial metaphors were identified and accompanied with relevant linguacultural comments. Common features shared by Finno-Ugric proverbs about thrift and paremias from structurally different languages are connected with the attitude towards thrift as a value, while their specificity is determined by ethnical metaphors. |
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