ON SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ENGLISH PROVERBS

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1、第21卷第2期陇东学院学报Vo1．21No．22010年3月JournalofL0ngd0ngUniversityMar．2010OnSocialCharacteristicsofEnglishProverbs杜宇航(泉州经贸学院公共基础部，福建泉州362000)摘要：Proverbsareanimp0rtampartoflanguageandcultureinasociety．Theappropriateuseofwhichisamarkofalanguagelearner"scommandofthelanguage．Thispaperanalysesthesocialcharacte

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