Structural and Semantic Analysis of English and Russian Proverbs about Marriage as a Source of Expression of Cultural and National Identity

The article is devoted to the comparative structural and semantic analysis of proverbs of the English and Russian languages with the meaning marriage. The novelty and relevance of the study consists in the fact that the proverbs that go to the heart of the current problems of marriage relations were first analyzed with the use of comparative approach in the context of structural and semantic analysis. In the course of the analysis, on the material of the proverbs of these languages, the main meanings of the proverbs were identified and systematized. The proverbs reveal the view on the value of marriage, the view on the predestination of marriage, the roles of husband and wife, controversial aspects of marital relations, as well as the question of the unity and strength of the family. An important part of the article is the study of male and female views on the problem of marriage, family life and the choice of a life partner. In English proverbs, a critical attitude towards marriage and the mention of the advantages of a bachelor life can be found more often. In Russian proverbs, marriage is generally viewed more positively but almost half of the proverbs that reveal the hardships of life in marriage are proverbs that convey a womans view of marriage. The article reveals lexical components, syntactic structures, artistic techniques and figurative means pertain to the proverbs of both linguistic and cultural ethnic groups. The presence of unique and distinctive proverbs in each language reflects the peculiarities of the historical and cultural experience of the two peoples, but the proverbs of both languages also have many common features. This is explained both by the community of human nature and knowledge, and by borrowing from common sources. Both Russian and English proverbs are characterized by using methods of comparison, contraposition, allegory, the use of personifying metaphors, lexical antonymy, the use of zoonyms, proper nouns and somatisms. In Russian, the emotional and expressive component is higher due to the use of diminutive suffixes, vernacular and vulgar words, they represent more widely archaisms and vocabulary associated with the realities of peasant life. Most Russian proverbs are composed according to the laws of the folklore genre and have a compositional completeness due to their rhythmic and phonetic design. Most of the English proverbs contain sayings, teachings, and use more abstract and neutral vocabulary, although there are also bright and original proverbs among them. The author reveals interaction of the figurative means and the conceptual component of proverbs and concludes that the linguistic means and figurative motivation of proverbs are related to the peculiarities of the national-cultural thinking of the both peoples.

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Partnerstwo w relacji małżeńskiej jako współczesna wartość wychowania

Problemy Wczesnej Edukacji ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0009.4829 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 114-123

Author(s):

Joanna Ostrouch-Kamińska

Keyword(s):

Family Life ◽

Social Life ◽

Social Transformation ◽

Cultural Context ◽

Formal Education ◽

Nuclear Family ◽

Equal Rights ◽

Marital Relations ◽

A Value ◽

The Family

Today we observe the dynamic changes in relations between the sexes in the family, which appear as a result of economic, cultural, and social transformation, the growth of women’s economic strength, as well as the level of their education, and the development of the ideas of the equal rights of women and men in the labour market and in social life. Hitherto existing research results show that Poles are increasingly in favour of the egalitarian family model and declare their wish to build their relationships based on equality. In the article I will characterise our cultural context, in which the egalitarian relation of a man and a woman in a family is both an educational space of confrontation between the “old” concept of family life, often rooted in Parsons’ concept of the nuclear family, and the “new” one, specific for the socio-cultural breakthrough in Poland. I will also present the involvement of formal education in fixing stereotypical images of family life, which are in opposition to the changes observed in relations between women and men. At the end I will present my own concept of education for equality in the marital relations, as well as the frame of equality between spouses in marital relations as a value of upbringing, which are a response to the needs of contemporary women and men.

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PERSONAL TRAITS AND THE FAMILY ENVIRONMENT EVALUATION BY SPOUSES WITH VARIOUS MARRIAGE EXPERIENCE

Bulletin of Udmurt University. Series Philosophy. Psychology. Pedagogy ◽

10.35634/2412-9550-2020-30-1-48-54 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 48-54

Author(s):

D.S. Kornienko ◽

E.A. Silina

Keyword(s):

Family Environment ◽

Family Life ◽

Test Analysis ◽

Personal Traits ◽

Marital Relations ◽

Family Psychology ◽

Age Related ◽

The Family ◽

Personal Qualities ◽

And Gender

Many studies in the field of family psychology turn their attention to various aspects: satisfaction with marriage, appearance of children, crises in the development of family. The development of marital relations is a significant factor affecting the interaction between spouses and their personal qualities. The issues of changing the spouses' perceptions of the family environment in connection with the length of marriage and gender role poses remain relevant. In a sample of 101 pairs of spouses with experience less and more than ten years were studied: extroversion, neuroticism and family environment characteristics. T-test, analysis of variance, and correlation were used. As a result, it was found that spouses with different lengths of family life differ in all respects of the family environment. Young spouses strive for self-realization in various spheres of life and the establishment of rules and norms of family interaction. As the length of marriage increases, the family environment becomes essential for husbands, while for wives, it brings the possibility of manifesting themselves in other areas of life. Differences in personality traits coincide with general age-related tendencies; this is how women's emotionality decreases and men's emotionality increases as a result of the joint family environment.

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Dominant values of family purposefulness depending on some socio-demographic factors

Social Psychology and Society ◽

10.17759/sps.2016070404 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 56-67 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

N.V. Nosikova

Keyword(s):

Empirical Study ◽

Computer Program ◽

Family Life ◽

Young Men ◽

Demographic Factors ◽

Semantic Differential ◽

Male And Female ◽

The Family ◽

Socio Demographic Factors ◽

Semantic Differential Technique

The article presents the data of the empirical study of the dominant values of family purposefulness, depending on several socio-demographic factors (sex, and the presence / absence of his family according to the age). 50 girls and 50 boys of 15—18 age participated in the research; 50 women of 21—44 age and 45 men of 20—42 age, who are married and have children. Computer program Osgood of semantic differential technique modified by I.L. Solomina was applied. According to the purpose of the study there are chosen: 1) category of concepts related to the family life (people and groups, events, activities and ideal representation); 2) the concept of markers defining the basic values, stages of life, people, groups of people and attitude to them, gender concepts, activities, emotional feelings and events. It is brought out the dependence of the dominant values from sex factor. So, the girls have the dominance of the value concept “my future family”, the young men — “my future wife”. “The birth of a child” is the general dominant value for male and female, who are married and have children.

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