A contrastive study of German and Macedonian proverbs and sayings with an animal component

Kuzmanovska, Dragana and Kirova, Snezana (2022) A contrastive study of German and Macedonian proverbs and sayings with an animal component. Journal of Educational Sciences Theory and Practice, 17 (2). pp. 102-107. ISSN 1857-8705

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Abstract

There is a lot of information and testimonies about proverbs and sayings (PSs),
about their existence, duration and about their significant role in everyday life. Thanks to the global
approach to scientific knowledge, we can be convinced of the unusual power of PSs, of their
penetration into all spheres of society, of human activity and of their distribution. It is their popularity
that has attracted our interest and pulled us into the labyrinths of language; to make the research
topic more original and vivid, we inserted the animalisms through which human character traits and
wisdoms are transmitted.
This contrastive paper deals with the analysis of German PSs with an animal component and
their Macedonian equivalents. We tried to determine the animal component that is most represented
in German and Macedonian PSs, i.e., whether it is the same component or a completely different one.
During our research, we tried to give an answer to questions as: Do PSs from the two languages have
some similarities despite the different language groups they belong and do they have common
elements? For an adequate and relevant answer, we first tried to define the terms proverb and saying
and explain their similarities and differences.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	motivation, anxiety, second language learning, classroom environment, difficulties
Subjects:	Humanities > Languages and literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Philology
Depositing User:	Dragana Kuzmanovska
Date Deposited:	01 Feb 2023 11:33
Last Modified:	01 Feb 2023 11:33
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/31147

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