MONEY-PROVERBS IN THE RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES
Abstract
The article deals with proverbs as linguistic and linguacultural units.
The author accounts for the necessity to study money-proverbs in Russian and English. The author highlights the fact that being an inalienable part of contemporary society money is largely represented both in the Russian and English vocabulary, and consequently can be regarded as an important phenomenon to be analyzed not only in terms of linguistics but also in terms of linguacultural studies. The author samples 100 money-proverbs (50 Russian and 50 English ones) and conducts a semantic analysis to divide them into the following semantic groups: money is the engine of our society, money as a secondary priority in a man’s life, the corruptive nature of money, money as an award for hard labour, money as a social tool, the power of money over men and their set of morals. In conclusion the author conducts a comparative analysis of the chosen money-proverbs, thus disclosing the correlation between the mentality of Russian and English speakers and the role that money plays in the respective cultures.
About the Author
J. S. Denisenkova
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Julia S. Denisenkova – Lecturer, English Language Department № 2, MGIMO. Spheres of interest: cultural studies, comparative linguistics.
76, Prospect Vernadskogo, Moscow, 119454
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Review
For citations:
Denisenkova J.S. MONEY-PROVERBS IN THE RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES. Linguistics & Polyglot Studies. 2016;(6):28-36. (In Russ.)
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