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Linguoculturological commentary in polylingual dictionaries of proverbs

Voprosy leksikografii, 2022
The article examines the principles and content of a culturally oriented commentary on proverbs in comparative dictionaries. It substantiates the specifics of the linguoculturological commentary as a tool for the comparative description of proverbs in a ...
M. Bredis, E. Ivanov
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Gender (In)Equality in Ghana: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Akan Proverbs on Masculinity

Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2022
Gender differences have been recognized in most cultures, but the challenge arises when such differences are misinterpreted as gender inequality, especially to the gross disadvantage of women. One dimension of culture where gender inequality is generally
S. Mariwah, Emmanuel A. Ofori, Y. A. Adjakloe, Addae Boateng Adu-Gyamfi, Esther Asare, Comfort Bonsu   +5 more
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Interpretation of familiar metaphors and proverbs by Polish people in middle and late adulthood.

International journal of language and communication disorders, 2021
BACKGROUND The ability to understand figurative language, including metaphors and proverbs, decreases with age, although the phenomenon is not universal.
E. Szepietowska, Sara Filipiak
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Metaphoric proverbs in efl learners’ translation

, 2021
Metaphoric proverbs represent interesting cultural instances of conventional metaphors (Belkhir 2014, 2012). The ubiquity of metaphoric proverbs in language and the problems this phenomenon causes in translation is an issue that requires close attention.
Sadia Belkhir
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The Role of Proverbs in Language Learning: A Cognitive and Cultural Perspective

EuroGlobal Journal of Linguistics and Language Education
This article explores the cognitive and cultural roles of proverbs in English as a Second Language (ESL) learning. Proverbs, as fixed expressions of figurative language, offer rich cognitive benefits, enhancing critical thinking, abstract reasoning, and ...
Ilhama Mammadova
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Proverbs in Pedagogy: Their Role in Language Teaching and Cultural Transmission

Global Spectrum of Research and Humanities
This study investigates the impact of integrating proverbs into language teaching and cultural transmission. Using a mixed-methods approach, data were collected through surveys, interviews, and classroom observations to measure improvements in language ...
Yasin Babazade
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Cultural conceptualisations in Nigerian Pidgin English proverbs

World Englishes
This article explores Nigerian Pidgin English proverbs as a source of cultural conceptualisations that reflect traditional wisdom as well as the modern urban setting of West Africa.
Marcus Callies
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Proverbs of Nonprofit Financial Management

, 2019
Whereas the field of public administration has benefited from periods of critical reflection and reform aimed at reexamining the field’s traditional management paradigms, the related field of nonprofit management has generally lacked such an analogously ...
G. Mitchell, Thad D. Calabrese
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Cultural value of translation of proverbs and synopsis

, 2020
Language is formed in the context of culture; on the other hand, the culture of a society is reflected in the language's mirror. Language has a cultural backbone as a communication tool.
M. Ebrahimi
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Ubuntu-as-Unity: Indigenous African proverbs as a ‘re-educating’ tool for embodied social cohesion and sustainable development

, 2020
This article seeks to contribute to the discussion on how Africa can realise greater sustainable development by highlighting the value that Indigenous proverbs play as re-education tools for Ubuntu which can foster greater cooperation for good on the ...
Andani Thakhathi, T. Netshitangani
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