Differences of quotations and proverbs. Vaisov toxtarbek batirbaevich

DIFFERENCES OF QUOTATIONS AND PROVERBS.

VAISOV TOXTARBEK BATIRBAEVICH.

STUDENTS OF KARAKALPAK STATE UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER BRRDAKH, FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

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INTRODUCTION: Annotation. This article deals with the idea that proverbs and quotations are inseparable from education in today's society. The opinions of scientists on this subject are based on practical experiments.

Keywords: upbringing, etiquette, science, spiritual maturity, discipline, culture.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: Barbara Kirshenblatt Gimblett (1973 ) underscores the importance of the context for interpretation of a given use of a proverb, and and explores sources of potential ambiguity in proverbs. Among other sources of ambiguity she notes that proverbs express relative rather than absolute truth, and that the situations that provoke the usage of a proverb may be evaluated in more than one way.

Michael D. Lieber (1984 ) focuses on the anological aspects of proverbs , building on Seitel's (1969 ) demonstration that the analogic relationship between the proverb image and the real - world situation to which it is applied is ambigous according to context. Leiber extends this analysis to show that the analogic structure of proverb texts may vary even within a single context , that a given proverb uttered in a specific context may be subject to multiple interpretations depending on how the speaker and listener analyze the analogy inherent in the proverb.

L. B. Savenkova understands paremias as closed anonymous sayings, stable in language and reproduced in speech, suitable for didactic use [16. - C. 24].

I.A. Voloshkina considers proverbs and sayings as short folklore texts, consisting of one statement, having the structure of a simple or complex sentence. According to the researcher, proverbs and sayings have a stable vocabulary and grammatical structure; becoming part of the context, they are completely preserved as stable formations that occupy a grammatically independent position in the phrase [16. - C. 25].

RESULTS: More From Forbes. What really are proverbs, where do they come from, how are they disseminated and what function do they have in modern society? Those are questions that are often asked when people reflect on the wisdom expressed in these short statements.

They appear so simple and obvious when heard, read or used, yet they amount to very effective modes of communication in interpersonal relationships, in political discourse, in the mass media, in literary works, in advertisements and in cartoons. Obviously people need such traditional sound bytes to add metaphorical expressiveness to their utterances and writings. This has been true since antiquity, and there is absolutely no need to fear the demise of proverbs as our lives become ever more complex.

DISCUSSION: In fact, proverbs are still being created today as ready-made formulas to express new human and social insights. As such, proverbs are useful guideposts based on a multitude of experiences and observations that are part of everyday life in the family, the workplace, business and any form of human exchange.

In many ways, proverbs are not so different from short quotations that have gained a considerable currency of usage. The biggest difference is, of course, that the originator of a famous quotation is almost always known, while the coiner of most proverbs is lost in anonymity. But one thing both verbal genres definitely have in common is that they both start with an individual who formulates a memorable statement that catches on among people, as it were.

Quotations are often cited together with naming the person who came up with it, while proverbs are employed without such specific references. However, proverbs are frequently surrounded by such general introductory remarks as “as the proverb says,” “as my grandmother used to say,” or “as the old truth says” to add credence to the traditional bit of wisdom contained in the proverb.

As would be expected, some quotations might well become proverbs, a good example being Theodore Roosevelt’s 1901 statement “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” There are some American speakers and writers who will “quote” this piece of advice always referring to Roosevelt, while others have long forgotten this association, citing it as an anonymous folk proverb. Another example would be Calvin Coolidge’s “The chief business of the American people is business” from 1925, which has long become proverbial in the slightly altered form of “The business of America is business.”

As can be imagined, there exist literally hundreds of attempts at defining a proverb that need not be repeated here. Lord John Russell came up with a delightful definition in the mid-19th century: “A proverb is the wit of one, and the wisdom of many.” I might add a working definition that I like to use when friends ask me what it is I have dedicated four decades of my scholarly life to over the years: “A proverb is a concise statement of an apparent truth that has had, has, or will have currency among the people.”

While Russell emphasizes the idea that proverbs originate with one person and then become the property of the general population, I stress the fact that proverbs are not always true (see such contrasting proverb pairs as “Absence makes the heart grow fonder” and “Out of sight, out of mind”) in all contexts and that proverbs come and go as social mores change over time.

CONCLUSION: The key difference between proverbs and quotations is that the proverbs are short, well-known sentence containing a wise thought or a general truth whereas the quotes are the words said by a specific person. Another difference between proverbs and quotes is their origin or source. While proverbs have an unknown, but ancient origin, quotes’ origins are traceable. Moreover, proverbs contain a wise thought or piece of advice while quotes are the ideas and opinions of people. Thus, we can consider this also as a difference between proverbs and quotes.