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Metaphors and Cultural Values Part of Plants in Japanese Proverbs [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2022
This study examines Japanese proverbs using the metaphor of the names of plant parts. The name of the plant part is one element that forms Japanese proverbs.
Nur Fitri Aulia, Ihan Rini Elizabeth
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS IN PROVERBS FROM NORTHERN PAKISTAN

Proverbium, 2022
Proverbs from Pakistan are one of the lesser-noted areas of paremiology. The article examines proverbs in five orally transmitted languages from northern Pakistan for statements about relationships and values within the family.
Almuth Degener
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Structural and Semantic Analysis of English and Russian Proverbs about Marriage as a Source of Expression of Cultural and National Identity

RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2021
The article is devoted to the comparative structural and semantic analysis of proverbs of the English and Russian languages with the meaning marriage. The novelty and relevance of the study consists in the fact that the proverbs that go to the heart of ...
Tatiana G. Orlova
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Contradictions and Inconsistencies in Human Nature: Evidence from Yorùbá Proverbs [PDF]

Journal of Language and Literature, 2020
Yorùbá proverbs, and by extension, proverbs in every culture and clime, show the beliefs, philosophy, traditions, and norms of every society.  There is no community or society where proverbs are not in use.  Proverb is a phenomenon that aligns with the
Timothy Adeyemi Akanbi
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Theological ethics expressed through Setswana proverbs: Another way of decolonising theology

In die Skriflig
he intention of this article is to demonstrate that theological ethics as a discipline can be expressed through some Setswana proverbs and idioms, which is another way of decolonising theology in Africa.
Kelebogile T. Resane
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The lifecycle of heuristics as managerial proverbs [PDF]

, 2021
Purpose – This paper proposes a theory-based process model for the generation, articulation, sharing and application of managerial heuristics, from their origin as unspoken insight, to proverbialization, to formal or informal sharing, and to their ...
Radu Atanasiu
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Are Multilingual LLMs Culturally-Diverse Reasoners? An Investigation into Multicultural Proverbs and Sayings [PDF]

North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 2023
Large language models (LLMs) are highly adept at question answering and reasoning tasks, but when reasoning in a situational context, human expectations vary depending on the relevant cultural common ground.
Chen Cecilia Liu, Fajri Koto, Timothy Baldwin, Iryna Gurevych   +3 more
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Online Machine Translation Efficiency in Translating Fixed Expressions Between English and Arabic (Proverbs as a Case-in-Point)

Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 2023
Doubtless, Machine Translation has affected translation as a process and a product. This study tests MT's effectiveness in translating proverbs between English and Arabic. It investigates one important CAT tool device.
Dr. Ibrahim Jibreel
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Strategies of Subtitling Egyptian Idiomatic Expressions and Proverbs into English

Language Value, 2023
Several platforms, such as Netflix, offer subtitles of different works and movies in several languages, including Arabic and English.  In this study, the researchers discuss the strategies used to overcome the challenges subtitlers face when translating ...
Reem Shuhaiber, Ahmad S. Haider
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Atasözlerinde Eleştirel Düşünme Unsurları: Türkçe Ders Kitapları [PDF]

Folklor/Edebiyat, 2019
In this study, critical thinking elements in proverbs, which are also teaching materials, are examined. This qualitative study is done basing on document review.
Zekerya Batur, Mehmet Soyuçok
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