CZECH AND UKRAINIAN PARALLELS TO THE PROVERBS OF RUSSIAN PAREMIOLOGICAL MINIMUM (BASED ON THEMATIC GROUP "PERSON")

Abstract

In this paper, we will analyze one of the thematic groups represented in the Russian-Slavonic Dictionary of Proverbs with English Parallels published by prof. M. Y. Kotova in 2000 – thematic group №2 "Person". The aim is to compare how it is reflected in the paremiological vision of the world in Ukrainian and Czech languages, to analyze the types of proverbial parallels and to find the possible lacunae. The analysis of the Russian proverbs that belong to the 2nd thematic chapter "Person" of the Russian-Slavonic Dictionary of Proverbs with English Parallels and their parallels in two Slavonic languages – Czech and Ukrainian – demonstrates that the paremiological vision of the world of these three Slavonic languages has a lot in common. The existence of paremiological lacunae in such a closely related Slavonic language as Ukrainian emphasizes the unique features of the Russian paremiological fund and the peculiarities of the Russian mentality.

Keywords

• паремиологический минимум русского языка
• чешские пословицы
• украинские пословицы
• паремиологическая картина мира
• пословичные параллели
• пословичные лакуны
• russian paremiological minimum
• czech proverbs
• ukrainian proverbs
• paremiological vision of the world
• proverbial parallels
• proverbial lacunae