Reflection of time perception in phraseology of Russian, German and English languages

Abstract

This article is written on a material of proverbs and sayings features of national characters of Englishmen, Germans and Russian. Languages of these nations very brightly reflect in themselves various perception of the world, in particular, perception of time. The knowledge of language thinking of the interlocutor, its relation to the various situations helps to develop true communicative strategy and to avoid communicative errors.

Keywords

• Russian phraseology
• German language phraseology
• English language phraseology
• oral national creativity
• proverbs and sayings
• values and concepts of a society
• narional culture