Author(s): Vidova, K.
Article Тitle: PROVERBS AND SAYINGS IN ENGLISH AND
MACEDONIAN – SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES
Journal: International Dialogue: East-West
Publication Year: 2025
Publication Type: Journal Article
Article Type: Paper
Volume, Issue: 11(4)
Pages: 49-57
DOI:
ISSN (print): 1857-9299
ISSN (online): 1857-9302
UDC: 811.163.3’373.7:398.91(=163.3)(049.3)
811.111’373.7:398.91(=111)(049.3)
APA 7 citation
Vidova, K. (2025). Proverbs and sayings in English and Macedonian – similarities and differences. International Dialogue: East-West, 11(4), 49–57.
Harvard citation
Vidova, K. (2025) ‘Proverbs and sayings in English and Macedonian – similarities and differences’, International Dialogue: East-West, 11(4), pp. 49–57.
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to present the similarities and differences
between the proverbs and sayings as special units of the paremiology in English and Macedonian. The proverbs and sayings express the language peculiarity, cultural heritage, tradition, wit and moral values of one nation. Regarding the analysed corpus of English proverbs and sayings and their Macedonian equivalents, similarities and differences in expressing the nation’s wisdom have been examined. Therefore, including the similarities and differences between the English and Macedonian proverbs, the corpus has been classified into four groups, i.e., the transfer of English proverbs into Macedonian has been with full equivalence, partial equivalence, semantic equivalence and translation.
Keywords: proverbs, English, Macedonian, similarities, differences
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