REFLECTION OF THE LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL PICTURE OF THE WORLD IN TERMS OF FOLKLORE STUDIES (BASED ON THE PROVERBS AND SAYINGS OF GERMANY AND GREAT BRITAIN)

Abstract

This article deals with the peculiarities of proverbs and sayings on the example of German and British cultures, formed in the process of extralinguistic factors influence. Purpose. The aim of the article is to identify the universals and uniqueness of German and British linguistic cultures illustrated with the proverbs and sayings functioning in modern German and English. Methods. Methodologically, the article is of interdisciplinary character. The authors use methodological tools based on the application of general scientific methods (modeling, interpretation) and specific methods (linguistic reconstruction of culture, language and culture commentary). Results. Having analyzed the features of proverbs and sayings of the German and English cultures, formed in the course of historical, cultural and linguistic interaction, the authors singled out the peculiarities of the worldview, character and beliefs of the Germans and Englishmen. The reasons for the productivity of proverbs and sayings use in modern German and English languages were identified: the most frequently used both for German and English language and cultures are bibleisms, set expressions, extracts from works of fiction.

Keywords

• language and culture studies
• proverbs
• sayings
• german liguoculture
• english liguoculture