Proverbs and sayings

Proverbs - a picturesque kind of stocktaking constant expressions, the living tradition means. Proverbs often something instructive, it is advisable. They form a complete sentence, syntactic relation:

The cherry on the cake.

Sayings known as the particular persons, things, situations, typical symptoms predictive of phrases:

Went through one ear, out the other left.

To separate these two traditional types of compounds from each other is quite complicated (proverb proverbs are sometimes an integral part), so well-established publishing of Lithuanian folklore practice proverbs and sayings together to publish, even in the theoretical work of scholars often discussed together. And traditional sayings as comparisons:

Clever as a fox.

And also sometimes to their hope is, and some verbal expressions, linguistic literature includes phraseological category.

The structuring and publishing of each proverb and a byword among the options for consolidation of certain stocks - types. Proverbs and sayings grouped according to types of variation that forms the most consistent motif, called the kernel. The core of the video and the ability to assign or not included in the text of one type is inferred from the oral composition. Lexical structure and syntactic structure is understood as the level for the most important artistic images and statements nemeninių coding role. The structuring of texts that take into account the values ​​of expressions, but they are the most important factors of composition. Just follow the values ​​of expressions, regardless of visual reality and abstract concepts of coordination, does not allow many proverbs and polisemiškumas sinonimiškumas.

Proverbs and sayings theme is very diverse. Relatively few would be possible to identify key thematic categories of proverbs and sayings: A person, family, society, morality and worldview, work and other activities and natural phenomena.

The most notable poetic proverbs and sayings features - imagery and expression. Most proverbs thoughts expressed in figurative images:

A new broom sweeps well.

There are others that understand plain meaning:

Just close around quickly.

Lithuanian proverbs and sayings characteristic of metaphorical meaning moving, allegory, personification, symbols. Traditional proverbs are very lean shape and capacity of the content. Their everyday vocabulary, specific thing-ish. "Poor" vocabulary often enhances comic effect. Proverbs and sayings characteristic of certain syntactical patterns. These models are generally common to many nations, proverbs. One of the most frequent models - parallel. Proverbs and sayings is very frequent comparisons ... What structures, that ..., where ... out there ... and so on. Proverbs poetic image enhances the rhythm and the instruments Headphones (Rima, alliteration, assonance).