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1、浅谈英语谚语的来源、功能及其修辞［Abstract］Proverbs,incolorfulandvividlanguage,reflectimportanttypicalculturalvaluesofeveryculture.Simpleandpopular,conciseandpithy,theyarepassedonfromgengerationtogenerationinthereadableoralformandhavegraduallybeeaponentindispensabletothedo
2、minantcultureofthatnation.Thispapercontainsthreeparts:thesourcesofEnglishproverbs、thefunctionsofEnglishproverbsandtherhetoricaldevicesofEnglishproverbs.Firstly,itintroducesthesourcesofEnglishproverbs.Proverbshavealonghistory.Theyarebriefandbeddedinphilosop
3、hicalideasconcerningdifferentaspectsoflife.Theyarethesummaryofpeopleexperienceineverydaylife,sotheyoriginatedfrompeople’sdailylifeandexperience.Tobespecific,theyefromfolklife,religion,mythology,literaryous,anation’shistoryandsoon.Secondly,itmentionsthefunc
4、tionofEnglishproverbs.Itsfunctionistoteachandadvisepeopleeotherproverbstellpeoplethem,peoplemaybroadentheirknooftheEnglishproverbs,therearemanydifferentreasons.Themostimportantoneistheextensiveuseofrhetoricaldevicesandrhythmaticalageandvividnessandhasastro
5、ngartisticbeautyandpoofakesthemeasytoremember.Becausetheproverbsaresobrief,theyhaveuniversalappeal.Manypeoplelovetopickupproverbs.Theuseofoneortinorvictoryforthebeginningforeignlanguagelearners.Proverbsmayprovideinterestinglittleglimpsesorcluestoapeople’sg
6、eography,history,socialorganization,socialvieoftheelders.Andinsocietiesen’sstatusisloberofsayingsdemeaningthem.Proverbstellmuchaboutapeople'straditionalstheelderspressonthemindsoftheiryoung.Theimportantcharacterofproverbs‘theshorterthebetter’makesiteasytom
7、itthemtomemoryforreadyrecallorousmentorblefolkandgreatauthors,borroancientorneighboringcultures,proverbshavebeenaccumulatingovermanycenturies.SomeareonlylocallyknoanyaresharedaroundtheiliarfolklifeProverbsarethesummaryofpeopleexperienceintheireverydaylife.
8、Thesummarizedexperienceandreasonareabstractedfromthepracticeofpeople’slifeandpleandhealthythoughts,feelingsandsentiments.Moreoftenthannot,itrevealsauniversaltruthfromaparticularpointsoastoenlightenpeople.Agre
