Proverbs as a subject of linguistic studies in English

  • Світлана Віталіївна Шепітько Mariupol State University
Keywords: semantics, semiotics, paremiology, proverbs, phraseology

Abstract

The article summerizes the results of studies in Engish, the subject of which is proverbial stock of various languages. The purpose of the paper is to define the main trends in proverbial studies in English in various fields of theoretical knowledge.

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Published
2019-10-09
How to Cite
Шепітько, С. В. (2019). Proverbs as a subject of linguistic studies in English. The Journal of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Series: Foreign Philology. Methods of Foreign Language Teaching, 1072(76), 99-104. Retrieved from https://periodicals.karazin.ua/foreignphilology/article/view/14520