Image of the family in proverbs and sayings of the Russian and Polish languages. Comparative aspect

Abstract

This article makes a comparative analysis of the family image in Russian and Polish paremias. The author studies proverbs and sayings that characterise mother and father, daughter and son, sister and brother. The material for the analysis was selected from six dictionaries and two Internet resources by continuous sampling. In conclusion, both proverbial pictures of the world reveal the similar lingua-cultural stereotypes.

Keywords

• image of the family
• image of the mother and father
• image of the daughter and son
• image of the sister and brother
• paremiology
• paremiological foundation of the language