Proverbs and
sayings as a reflection of Вritish national features
Dorn A.V
a first-year
student of Pavlodar technica-economical college
Scientific
adviser: Abisheva R.T.
Proverbs
and sayings are an integral attribute of the folklore and culture of these
people, carry a reflection of life of that nation to which they belong, it is
the way of thoughts and character of the people.
Actuality
of the theme is the following: proverbs and sayings reflect culture, identity,
main values. Therefore, the study of proverbs and sayings helps not only to
improve our pronunciation and vocabulary, but also understand national
characteristics of people.
The
aim of the work: to identify the national characteristics of the English using
proverbs and sayings.
To achieve this aim, put forward the following objectives:
1.To study the manual, documentary and
journalistic literature on the subject
2.To classify proverbs and sayings in accordance with the features of
British character
3.To conduct a survey of students if they know
any proverbs and sayings
The
relevance of this project : Proverbs and sayings, as an integral part of the
language, reflect the culture, identity, main values of people.
Proverbs
and sayings are an ancient genre of folk art. They originated in the distant
time, and their roots date back centuries . Many of them appeared when there I wasn’t
writing. One can distinguish the following main sources of the origin of the English
proverbs and sayings: the folk, borrowing from other languages, biblical
origin, borrowing and using quotations of Shakespeare as proverbs and sayings.
The analysis was carried out on the basis of 800 proverbs and sayings, presented
by authors of R. Ridout and K.Whitting concerning to the theme "Personal
life":
Then
was made an etymological analysis of this material. As a result, which were
obtained the following information:
Folk
origin 64 or 82 % proverbs and sayings; borrowed from other languages 1 %;
biblical
4 or
5%; borrowed from literary sources - 9, or 12 %.
Thus
we can conclude that most of proverbs and sayings related to personal life have
a folk origin folk origin and is a reflection of the experience of native
speakers.
Next
step was a distribution of material into subgroups. In the course of the
research was allocated 11groups : "Home", "Curiosity",
"Subordination", "Moderation", "Secrets",
"Friends and money", "Marriage", "Family
relationships", "The winning of sympathy", "Love".
It
isn’t easy to note according to this research, the most significant of the life
of e British are family relationships and subordination. Friends, love and
money relations have equal importance. At the final stage of the research, each
subgroup of the proverbs and sayings was separately analyzed.
Studying
English proverbs and sayings, we can conclude that the dialogue of cultures of
their speakers will be successful only according to national circumstances ,
belonging to a reflection in the distinctive expressions and manifested in the
character of images and the functioning of the artistic means of language. Proverbs
and sayings always remain actual, despite the development of economy and
technology, progress, etc.
References:
1. Dubrovin, M. I. English and Russian
proverbs and sayings. Education, 1993.
2. Ridout R., Witting K. Dictionary of English
proverbs. St. Petersburg: Lan, 1997.
3. Shadrin.N.L., Kuzmin S.S. Russian-English
dictionary of proverbs and sayings.
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