Abstract:

In this study, we are going to explore the proverbs about women in English and Albanian language as depicted from English and Albanian written sources, mostly dictionaries with the aim of portraying the nature of women in their many aspects and roles assumed in the society such as appearance, virtuousness, diligence, verbal talent, intelligence, power and their roles as daughters, wives and mothers. The discussion draws on similarities and differences between Anglo-American proverbs and Albanian proverbs about women by investigating the proverbs’ content, figurativeness and cultural features.  The proverbs corpus designed here stems from the proverbs found in “Oxford Dictionary of proverbs” (2015), “American proverbs about women” (Lois Kerschen, 1998), and the dictionary “Fjalë të urta të popullit shqiptar” (“Wise sayings of Albanian people” as translated in English), (Folklor shqiptar, “Fjalë të urta të popullit shqiptar”, sektori i prozës dhe i poezisë popullore, Jorgo Panajoti and Agron Xhagolli, 1983).

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