浅谈英语谚语的来源、功能及其修辞,英语语言学论文.docVIP

浅谈英语谚语的来源、功能及其修辞,英语语言学论文 ［Abstract］ Proverbs, in colorful and vivid language, reflect important typical cultural values of every culture . Simple and popular, concise and pithy, they are passed on from gengeration to generation in the readable oral form and have gradually become a component indispensable to the dominant culture of that nation. This paper contains three parts: the sources of English proverbs、 the functions of English proverbs and the rhetorical devices of English proverbs. Firstly, it introduces the sources of English proverbs. Proverbs have a long history. They are brief and